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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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2. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.






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






4. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






5. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






6. A word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. The lazy dog sat on the rug - the word lazy is an ____ which gives more information about the noun dog.






7. 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






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






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






10. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area






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12. The main character or hero of a written work.






13. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






14. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.






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






16. The study of the meaning in language.






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






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






19. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






26. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result






27. 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






28. The study of the structure of sentences.






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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.






33. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.






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






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






36. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






37. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.






38. A person or being in a narrative






39. 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






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






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






42. A fourteen - line poem - usually written in iambic pentameter - with a varied rhyme scheme. Two main types are Petrarchan (or Italian) and the Shakespearean (or English). A Petrarchan opens with an octave that states a proposition and ends with a ses






43. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






44. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






46. 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






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






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






49. A wise saying - usually short and written.






50. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.