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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






2. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






4. 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.






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






6. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






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






8. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






9. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






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






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






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19. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






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






22. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






23. 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






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






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






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






27. The story is told from the point of view of one character.






28. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.






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






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. The time and place in which a story occurs.






32. 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






33. The telling of a story.






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






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






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






37. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






38. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






39. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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






41. Persuasive writing.






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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47. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.






48. 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 .






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






50. The writer says one thing and means another