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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






2. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






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






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






5. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






6. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






7. 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






8. Narrative fiction that involves gods and heroes or has a theme that expresses a culture's ideology. Examples of Greek ______ include Zeus and the Olympians and The Trojan War. Roman ______ include Hercules - Apollo - and Venus.






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






11. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






12. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






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






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16. 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.






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






18. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.






19. 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






20. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






21. 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






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






23. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






24. Persuasive writing.






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






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






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






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






29. A contradictory statement that makes sense






30. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






31. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.






32. 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.






33. 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






34. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






35. 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.






36. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another






37. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






48. The study of the orgin of words






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






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