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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. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
Syntax
Tragedy
Aphorism
Tone
2. 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
Simile
Euphemism
Preposition
Noun
3. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Myth
Blank verse
Mood
First Person
4. 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
Cliche
Apostrophe
Onomatopoeia
Novel
5. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
Enjambment
Dactylic
Alliteration
Adjective
6. The main section of a long poem.
Western
Jargon (diction)
Canto
dramatic irony
7. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Irony
Autobiography
Jargon (diction)
Anecdote
8. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Caesura
Historical fiction
Irony
Novel
9. ' U U
Simile
Dactylic
Fantasy
Imagery
10. The main character or hero of a written work.
Conjunction
Science fiction
Protagonist
Connosance
11. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.
Vulgarity
Setting
Limerick
Hubris
12. The study of the orgin of words
Plot
Syntax
Anecdote
etymology
13. 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
Denotation
Romance
First Person
Symbol
14. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).
4 sentence types
Anecdote
Iambic (foot)
Novel
15. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Rhetoric
Western
Genre
Meter
16. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Hubris
Omniscient
Verb
Antagonist
17. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.
Dialect (diction)
Connotation
Repetition
Vulgarity
18. The study of the meaning in language.
Genre
Rhetoric
Metaphor
Semantics
19. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Flashback
Euphemism
Archaic (diction)
situation irony
20. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Trochaic (foot)
Archaic (diction)
Dialect
Caesura
21. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Character
Jargon
Short story
Aphorism
22. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Denotation
Novella
Historical fiction
Personification
23. 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
Hubris
Foot
Point of View
Trochaic (foot)
24. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Foreshadowing
Refrain
Denouement
Irony
25. An expository piece written with eloquence that becomes part of the recognized literature of an era. Often reveal historical facts - the social mores of the times - and the thoughts and personality of the author. Some have recorded and influenced the
Allegory
Elegy
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Parody
26. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Science fiction
First Person
Characterization
Romance
27. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Novella
dramatic irony
Allegory
Profanity (diction)
28. The time and place in which a story occurs.
Mystery
Euphemism
Setting
Myth
29. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Participle
Analogy
Protagonist
Hubris
30. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Article
Double speak
Myth
Short story
31. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Tone
Novella
Semantics
Allegory
32. U '
Phonology
Internal rhyme
Iambic (foot)
End rhyme
33. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Dialect
Camera view
Euphemism
Romance
34. 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.
Limerick
Enjambment
Imagery
Frame tale
35. 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
Third Person
Camera view
Verb
Fairy Tale
36. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Free verse
Profanity (diction)
Dialect (diction)
Ballad
37. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Parody
Morphology
Legend
Clause
38. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Limited omniscient
Ballad
Allegory
Phonetics
39. 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.
Morphology
Rhetoric
Stanza
Anapestic
40. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Couplet
Transcendentalism
41. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Antagonist
Oxymoron
Connotation
Jargon
42. A person or being in a narrative
Elegy
Clause
Enjambment
Character
43. The study of the structure of words.
Morphology
Onomatopoeia
Blank verse
Essay
44. A novel set in the western U.S. featuring the experiences of cowboys and frontiersmen. Examples include Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage and Trail Driver - Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove - Conrad Richter's The Sea of Grass - Fran Striker's The Lo
4 sentence types
Epic
Western
Short story
45. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Essay
Fantasy
Slang (diction)
4 sentence types
46. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Refrain
Free verse
Heroic couplet
Phonology
47. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Moral
Horror
Narrative Point of View
Trochaic (foot)
48. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Diction
Connotation
Repetition
Antagonist
49. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Double speak
Essay
Morphology
Personification
50. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Autobiography
verbal irony
Couplet
Mood