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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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






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






12. A person or being in a narrative






13. 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.






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






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






16. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. The study of the meaning in language.






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






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






26. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






28. 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






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






30. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






31. An expository piece written with eloquence that becomes part of the recognized literature of an era. Often reveal historical facts - the social mores of the times - and the thoughts and personality of the author. Some have recorded and influenced the






32. The study of the structure of sentences.






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






41. 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.






42. 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






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 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






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






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






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






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






49. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






50. Persuasive writing.