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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A novel set in the western U.S. featuring the experiences of cowboys and frontiersmen. Examples include Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage and Trail Driver - Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove - Conrad Richter's The Sea of Grass - Fran Striker's The Lo
Article
Imagery
Western
4 sentence types
2. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).
Euphemism
Legend
Phrase
4 sentence types
3. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Haiku
Dialect
Fable
Jargon
4. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.
Metaphor
Diction
Essay
Epic
5. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Onomatopoeia
Euphemism
Phonetics
Meter
6. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Connotation
Novel
Denouement
Personification
7. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.
Ambiguity
Adverb
Paradox
Archaic (diction)
8. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Simile
Third Person
Semantics
Refrain
9. 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.
Jargon (diction)
Setting
Adjective
Satire
10. A turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons (or a personified abstraction) who is present of absent. For example - in a recent performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet - Hamlet turned to the audience and spoke directly to one w
Iambic (foot)
Apostrophe
Legend
Omniscient
11. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Vulgarity
Aphorism
Setting
Parody
12. The study of the orgin of words
Rhetoric
etymology
Phonetics
Short story
13. 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.
Preposition
Oxymoron
Irony
Denotation
14. 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
Rhetoric
Paradox
Epic
Dialect
15. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Noun
Legend
Historical fiction
Dactylic
16. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.
Phonology
Assonance
Western
Voice
17. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Dialect
Tragedy
Personification
Analogy
18. 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.
Stanza
Haiku
Mood
Legend
19. The main character or hero of a written work.
Protagonist
First Person
verbal irony
Iambic (foot)
20. 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.
Blank verse
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Horror
Jargon (diction)
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
Denotation
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Euphemism
Personification
22. A narrative technique in which the main story is composed primarily for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories - each of which is a story within a story. Examples include Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - Ovid's Metamorphoses - and Em
Euphemism
Couplet
Frame tale
Lyric
23. U '
Short story
Anecdote
Iambic (foot)
Alliteration
24. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Mystery
Stanza
Antagonist
Verse
25. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Autobiography
dramatic irony
Foreshadowing
Phrase
26. ' U
Trochaic (foot)
Article
Fantasy
Syntax
27. Meter that is composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented - usually used in light or whimsical poetry - such as limerick.
Anapestic Meter
Refrain
Internal rhyme
Flashback
28. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Setting
Jargon (diction)
Camera view
Voice
29. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Mystery
Omniscient
Horror
Repetition
30. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Malapropism
Phonetics
Couplet
Clause
31. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Hubris
Denotation
Heroic couplet
Euphemism
32. 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
Phonology
Third Person
Folktale
Hyperbole
33. 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
Protagonist
verbal irony
Free verse
Essay
34. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Connotation
Romance
Clause
Antagonist
35. 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.
Alliteration
Camera view
Caesura
Point of View
36. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Dialect
Fairy Tale
Character
4 sentence types
37. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.
Assonance
Anecdote
Euphemism
Setting
38. 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.
Biography
Third Person
Short story
Hyperbole
39. A socially accepted word or phrase used to replace unacceptable language - such as expressions for bodily functions or body parts. Also used as substitutes for straightforward words to tactfully conceal or falsify meaning. Ex. My grandmother passed a
etymology
Allegory
Rhythm
Euphemism
40. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Anecdote
Haiku
Blank verse
Irony
41. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.
Adjective
Euphemism
Irony
Romance
42. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Connotation
Antagonist
Paradox
Document (letter - diary - journal)
43. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
Dialect
Existentialism
Dactylic
Internal rhyme
44. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels
Connosance
Voice
Fantasy
Antagonist
45. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Phonetics
Allegory
Verb
Connotation
46. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Jargon (diction)
Heroic couplet
Euphemism
Aphorism
47. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Mystery
Personification
Syntax
Mood
48. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
Omniscient
Vulgarity
Biography
Existentialism
49. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Fantasy
Denotation
Imagery
First Person
50. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
Euphemism
Article
Euphemism
Alliteration