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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






2. 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.






3. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






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






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






6. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






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






9. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'






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






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






12. The writer says one thing and means another






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






14. The study of the structure of words.






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






16. 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.'






17. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






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






19. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels






20. 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 .






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






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






23. The narrator records the actions from his or her point of view - unaware of any of the other characters' thoughts or feelings. Also known as the objective view.






24. 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.






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. Persuasive writing.






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






30. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






31. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






32. 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.






33. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






34. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.






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






36. 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






37. The main section of a long poem.






38. 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






39. The time and place in which a story occurs.






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






41. 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






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






43. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






44. 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.






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






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






47. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






48. 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.






49. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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