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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






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






3. 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.'






4. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






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






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14. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






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






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 suspenseful story that deals with a puzzling crime. Examples include Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murder in Rue Morgue' and Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.






18. 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 .






19. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






22. A genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot - theme - and/or setting. Examples include J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings - C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia - and William Morris' The Well at the World's E






23. The writer says one thing and means another






24. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






25. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






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






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






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






29. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






30. A word that connects other words or groups of words. Ex. In the sentence Bob and Dan are friends - the _____ 'and' connects two nouns and in the sentence.






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






37. 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.






38. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.






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






40. An extended fictional prose narrative.






41. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






43. 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.






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. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.






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






47. During the mid -19th century in New England - several writers and intellectuals worked together to write - translate works - and publish. Their philosophy focused on protesting the Puritan ethic and materialism. They valued individualism - freedom -






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






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






50. The study of the structure of words.






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