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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').






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






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






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






5. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'






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






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






8. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






9. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






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






14. An extended fictional prose narrative.






15. 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.






16. 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






17. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.






18. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






23. The writer says one thing and means another






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






25. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






26. 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






27. 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.






28. 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






29. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






30. Persuasive writing.






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






32. The study of the orgin of words






33. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.






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






35. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






36. The telling of a story.






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






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






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






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






41. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






43. 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






44. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






45. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






46. A fourteen - line poem - usually written in iambic pentameter - with a varied rhyme scheme. Two main types are Petrarchan (or Italian) and the Shakespearean (or English). A Petrarchan opens with an octave that states a proposition and ends with a ses






47. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.






48. A person or being in a narrative






49. 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






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