Test your basic knowledge |

Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






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






3. 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






4. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.






5. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






6. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






7. 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.






8. A poem that is a mournful lament for the dead. Examples include William Shakespeare's 'Eligy' from Cymbeline - Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Requiem -' and Alfred Lord Tennysone's 'In Memoriam.'






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






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






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






12. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






13. 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.






14. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






15. A short story or folktale that contains a moral - which may be expressed explicitly at the end as a maxim. Examples include The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse - The Tortoise and the Hare - and The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.






16. 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 .






17. 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.






18. The study of the structure of sentences.






19. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






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






21. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






22. A type of Japanese poem that is written in 17 syllables with three lines of five - seven - and five syllables - respectively. Expresses a single thought.






23. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels






24. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






26. An extended fictional prose narrative.






27. A narrative that is made up of fantastic characters and creatures - such as witches - goblins - and fairies - and usually begins with the phrase 'Once upon a time...' Examples include Rapunzel - Cinderella - Sleeping Beauty - and Little Red Riding Ho






28. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






29. A person or being in a narrative






30. ' U U






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






32. A suspenseful story that deals with a puzzling crime. Examples include Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murder in Rue Morgue' and Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.






33. Fiction that is intended to frighten - unsettle - or scare the reader. Often overlaps with fantasy and science fiction. Examples include Stephen King's The Shining - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.






34. The study of the structure of words.






35. 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.






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






37. 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






38. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.






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






40. U '






41. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






42. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






43. A contradictory statement that makes sense






44. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.






45. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.






46. A story about a person's life written by another person.






47. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






48. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






49. The story is told from the point of view of one character.






50. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests