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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Jargon (diction)
Phonology
Participle
Hubris
2. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Sonnet
Moral
Canto
situation irony
3. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Historical fiction
Participle
Conjunction
Euphemism
4. 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.
Limerick
Pronoun
Stanza
Euphemism
5. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Oxymoron
Iambic (foot)
Voice
Caesura
6. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Colloquialisms (diction)
Verb
Fable
Science fiction
7. 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.
Hyperbole
Character
Fable
Horror
8. 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
Ambiguity
Pronoun
Enjambment
Flashback
9. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
Setting
Ambiguity
Mystery
Imagery
10. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Couplet
Hubris
Symbol
Personification
11. A break in the rhythm of language - particularly a natural pause in a in a line of verse - maked in prosody by a double vertical line ( || ). Ex. Arma virumque cano - || Troiae qui primus ab oris .
Caesura
Ballad
Malapropism
Simile
12. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Jargon (diction)
Verse
Characterization
Jargon
13. An extended fictional prose narrative.
4 sentence types
Adjective
Enjambment
Novel
14. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Existentialism
Simile
Dialect
Blank verse
15. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Denotation
Assonance
Double speak
Profanity (diction)
16. 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
Fantasy
Simile
Blank verse
Meter
17. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Mood
Setting
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
18. 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
Essay
Frame tale
Limerick
situation irony
19. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Imagery
Elegy
Assonance
Parody
20. The story is told by someone outside the story.
Haiku
Third Person
Diction
Internal rhyme
21. 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.
Pronoun
Foreshadowing
Phonetics
Repetition
22. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Iambic (foot)
Dialect
Refrain
Fable
23. 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 -
Transcendentalism
Hyperbole
Anapestic
Hubris
24. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
situation irony
Personification
Style
Historical fiction
25. 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.
Autobiography
Narration
Imagery
Preposition
26. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
Internal rhyme
Pronoun
Allegory
Paradox
27. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Imagery
Rhythm
Personification
Tragedy
28. 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
Conjunction
Epic
Double speak
Article
29. 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.
Elegy
Frame tale
Dialect
Adverb
30. The writer says one thing and means another
Onomatopoeia
verbal irony
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Rhythm
31. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.
Refrain
Diction
Autobiography
Conflict
32. ' U
Trochaic (foot)
Couplet
Hyperbole
Document (letter - diary - journal)
33. The perspective from which a story is told.
Repetition
End rhyme
Historical fiction
Point of View
34. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Aphorism
Jargon
Slang (diction)
Verse
35. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').
Adjective
Verse
Hyperbole
Stanza
36. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Syntax
Archaic (diction)
Haiku
Cliche
37. 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.
Antagonist
Heroic couplet
Science fiction
Short story
38. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.
Lyric
dramatic irony
Paradox
Anapestic Meter
39. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Mood
Metaphor
Phonology
Anapestic
40. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Phrase
Horror
Internal rhyme
Limited omniscient
41. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Autobiography
Ambiguity
Hyperbole
Conjunction
42. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Holistic Scoring
Biography
Antagonist
Morphology
43. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
Malapropism
Narrative Point of View
Legend
Novella
44. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Article
Biography
Characterization
Denotation
45. 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
Conflict
Antagonist
Foot
Third Person
46. ' U U
Preposition
Dactylic
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Novella
47. A method by which trained readers evaluate a piece of writing for its overall quality. There is no focus on one aspect of the writing.
Holistic Scoring
Vulgarity
Metaphor
Existentialism
48. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.
Narration
Clause
Stanza
Phonology
49. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Denouement
Protagonist
Anapestic
Meter
50. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
End rhyme
Phonetics
Apostrophe
Pragmatics