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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






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






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






4. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






5. A wise saying - usually short and written.






6. 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 -






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






18. 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.'






19. The study of the orgin of words






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






21. 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.






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. 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.






24. 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.






25. Persuasive writing.






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






27. A humorous verse form of five anapestic (Composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented) lines with rhyme scheme of aabba.






28. 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.






29. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






31. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. 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.






36. A contradictory statement that makes sense






37. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






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






40. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






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






42. 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






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






44. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






49. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.






50. 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