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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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1. A novel comprised of idealized events far removed from everyday life. This genre includes the subgenres of gothic ____ and medieval ____. Examples include Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida - and King Horn (anonym
Connotation
Holistic Scoring
Jargon
Romance
2. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Assonance
Enjambment
Elegy
Denouement
3. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
Elegy
Article
Assonance
Tragedy
4. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'
Personification
Myth
Historical fiction
Metaphor
5. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect - as in I could sleep for a year or this book weighs a ton.
Personification
Hyperbole
Foot
Setting
6. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.
Voice
Anapestic Meter
Genre
Enjambment
7. ' U U
Iambic (foot)
Setting
Legend
Dactylic
8. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
Western
Analogy
Connosance
Tone
9. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Euphemism
Mood
Omniscient
Phrase
10. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.
verbal irony
Parody
Vulgarity
Phonology
11. A genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot - theme - and/or setting. Examples include J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia - and William Morris' The Well at the World's E
Connotation
Fantasy
Folktale
Mood
12. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Lyric
Jargon (diction)
Caesura
Oxymoron
13. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Symbol
Morphology
Autobiography
dramatic irony
14. A story about a person's life written by another person.
Biography
Assonance
Apostrophe
Blank verse
15. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning. There are three types....Dramatic - Verbal - Situation.
Irony
Fairy Tale
Characterization
Phonetics
16. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Characterization
Hyperbole
Frame tale
Internal rhyme
17. During the mid -19th century in New England - several writers and intellectuals worked together to write - translate works - and publish. Their philosophy focused on protesting the Puritan ethic and materialism. They valued individualism - freedom -
Onomatopoeia
Antagonist
Transcendentalism
Alliteration
18. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Fable
Epic
Meter
Conflict
19. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Refrain
Double speak
Phonetics
Essay
20. The story is told by someone outside the story.
Preposition
Third Person
Haiku
Biography
21. An expository piece written with eloquence that becomes part of the recognized literature of an era. Often reveal historical facts - the social mores of the times - and the thoughts and personality of the author. Some have recorded and influenced the
Clause
Noun
Dialect
Document (letter - diary - journal)
22. A break in the rhythm of language - particularly a natural pause in a in a line of verse - maked in prosody by a double vertical line ( || ). Ex. Arma virumque cano - || Troiae qui primus ab oris .
Dialect
Hubris
Caesura
Essay
23. The main section of a long poem.
Repetition
Couplet
Novel
Canto
24. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Canto
Tragedy
Anapestic
Simile
25. A word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. The lazy dog sat on the rug - the word lazy is an ____ which gives more information about the noun dog.
Couplet
Apostrophe
Adjective
Symbol
26. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
Vulgarity
Setting
Ambiguity
Internal rhyme
27. A humorous verse form of five anapestic (Composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented) lines with rhyme scheme of aabba.
Mystery
dramatic irony
Satire
Limerick
28. A word that gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. Sue runs very fast - very describes the ____ fast and gives information about how fast Sue runs.
Existentialism
Hyperbole
Heroic couplet
Adverb
29. A metrical ______ is defined as one stressed syllable and a number of unstressed syllables (from zero to as many as four). Stressed syllables are indicated by the ? symbol. Unstressed syllables are indicated by the ? symbol. There are four possible t
Euphemism
Short story
Foot
Assonance
30. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Blank verse
Epic
Holistic Scoring
Characterization
31. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Participle
Romance
Verb
Legend
32. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Pragmatics
Connotation
Imagery
Pronoun
33. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Dialect
Phonetics
Narrative Point of View
Frame tale
34. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Dactylic
Novel
Foot
Plot
35. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Dialect (diction)
Satire
First Person
Tragedy
36. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Dialect
Narration
Essay
Ballad
37. The narrator records the actions from his or her point of view - unaware of any of the other characters' thoughts or feelings. Also known as the objective view.
Camera view
Hubris
Antagonist
Horror
38. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Internal rhyme
Haiku
Onomatopoeia
Style
39. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Hubris
Personification
Jargon (diction)
Narrative Point of View
40. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Phrase
Colloquialisms (diction)
Enjambment
Tragedy
41. A narrative form - such as an epic - legend - myth - song - poem - or fable - that has been retold within a culture for generations. Examples include The People Couldn't Fly retold by Virginia Hamilton and And Green Grass Grew All Around by Alvin Sch
Dactylic
Folktale
Fantasy
Phonetics
42. A brief fictional prose narrative. Examples include Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery -' Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter -' Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Hound of the Baskervilles -' and Dorothy Parker's 'Big Bl
Biography
Setting
Limited omniscient
Short story
43. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Hubris
Verse
Third Person
Paradox
44. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Character
Connosance
Antagonist
Mood
45. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
End rhyme
Fantasy
Science fiction
Dialect (diction)
46. The study of the structure of sentences.
Dactylic
Diction
Euphemism
Syntax
47. A word that connects other words or groups of words. Ex. In the sentence Bob and Dan are friends - the _____ 'and' connects two nouns and in the sentence.
Science fiction
Ballad
Conjunction
Denotation
48. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Repetition
Horror
Historical fiction
Irony
49. A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains...Couplet: Two - lines - Triplet: Three - lines - Quatrain: Four - lines - Quintet: Five - lines - Sestet: Six- lines - Septet: Seven - lines - Octave: Eight - lines.
Phonetics
Couplet
Moral
Stanza
50. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Anecdote
Article
Narrative Point of View
Archaic (diction)