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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






7. ' U U






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






9. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






10. 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






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






12. A person or being in a narrative






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






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






15. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.






19. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






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






22. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






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






27. 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.






28. The study of the meaning in language.






29. Meter that is composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented - usually used in light or whimsical poetry - such as limerick.






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






31. 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






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






33. A short story or folktale that contains a moral - which may be expressed explicitly at the end as a maxim. Examples include The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse - The Tortoise and the Hare - and The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.






34. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






35. 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






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






37. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






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






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






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






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






42. The story is told by someone outside the story.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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 .






50. The study of the orgin of words