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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






2. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






3. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






4. 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.






5. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






6. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






7. 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.






8. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes






9. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






10. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






11. 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 .






12. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area






13. An extended fictional prose narrative.






14. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.






15. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.






16. 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






17. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






18. A document organized in paragraph form that can be long or short and can be in the form of a letter - dialogue - or discussion. Examples include Politics and the English Language by George Orwell - The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson - and Mo






19. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






20. The story is told by someone outside the story.






21. A word which can be used instead of a noun. Ex instead of saying John is a student - the ____ he can be used in place of the noun John and the sentence becomes He is a student.






22. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






23. 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 -






24. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






25. A word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction - place - time - cause - manner and amount Ex. In the sentence He came by bus - 'by' is a _____ which shows manner.






26. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






27. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






28. A long narrative poem detailing a hero's deeds. Examples include The Aenied by Vergil - The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer - Beowulf - Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - and Hiawath






29. 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.






30. The writer says one thing and means another






31. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.






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33. The perspective from which a story is told.






34. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






35. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').






36. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






37. 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.






38. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






39. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.






40. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).






41. A person's account of his or hew own life.






42. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






43. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.






44. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






45. 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






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47. A method by which trained readers evaluate a piece of writing for its overall quality. There is no focus on one aspect of the writing.






48. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






49. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






50. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.