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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






2. A narrative about human actions that is perceived by both the teller and the listeners to have taken place within human history and that possesses certain qualities that give the tale the appearance of truth or reality. Washington Irvin's The Legend






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. A person or being in a narrative






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






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19. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






20. 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.






21. The study of the meaning in language.






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






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






24. 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






25. An extended fictional prose narrative.






26. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.'






34. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






35. 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






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






37. The perspective from which a story is told.






38. 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






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






40. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






42. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






43. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






45. 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






46. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.






47. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.






48. A contradictory statement that makes sense






49. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






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