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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'
Metaphor
Science fiction
Cliche
Satire
2. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Epic
Rhythm
Conflict
Camera view
3. Persuasive writing.
Article
Free verse
Foreshadowing
Rhetoric
4. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Plot
Anapestic Meter
Symbol
Refrain
5. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.
End rhyme
Conjunction
Diction
Assonance
6. 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
Analogy
Preposition
Mystery
Fairy Tale
7. The main section of a long poem.
Vulgarity
Canto
Free verse
Novella
8. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Limited omniscient
Mood
Enjambment
Rhetoric
9. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Anapestic Meter
Tragedy
Style
Meter
10. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Foreshadowing
Elegy
Metaphor
First Person
11. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Novel
Setting
Free verse
Jargon
12. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Flashback
Phonetics
Cliche
Plot
13. 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.
Symbol
Adverb
Assonance
Preposition
14. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.
Essay
Setting
Frame tale
Assonance
15. 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.
Hyperbole
Parody
Denouement
Historical fiction
16. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Cliche
Myth
Participle
Allusion
17. 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.
Semantics
Colloquialisms (diction)
Allusion
Haiku
18. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.
Existentialism
Verse
Phrase
Pragmatics
19. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Syntax
Characterization
Dialect
Rhetoric
20. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Moral
Novel
Ambiguity
verbal irony
21. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.
Participle
Caesura
Dialect
Analogy
22. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Hubris
Narration
Character
Limited omniscient
23. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Lyric
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
dramatic irony
24. 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.
Haiku
Conjunction
Heroic couplet
Pragmatics
25. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Heroic couplet
Short story
Third Person
Tone
26. 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
Foot
Adjective
Couplet
Sonnet
27. ' U
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Caesura
Trochaic (foot)
Antagonist
28. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Third Person
Anapestic
Irony
Oxymoron
29. 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
Refrain
Enjambment
Meter
Conflict
30. 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.
Parody
Omniscient
Adjective
Limited omniscient
31. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.
Existentialism
Free verse
Anecdote
Apostrophe
32. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Euphemism
Paradox
Plot
Iambic (foot)
33. The perspective from which a story is told.
Point of View
Preposition
Novella
Onomatopoeia
34. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Clause
Romance
Western
Blank verse
35. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Repetition
Satire
Narrative Point of View
Legend
36. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Haiku
Adjective
Plot
Connotation
37. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Phonology
Irony
Denouement
Pronoun
38. The study of the orgin of words
Dialect
Adverb
etymology
Iambic (foot)
39. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Ballad
Essay
Denotation
40. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
Ambiguity
Denotation
Connosance
Assonance
41. 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
Phonology
Aphorism
Syntax
Romance
42. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.
Existentialism
Metaphor
Alliteration
Cliche
43. 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.
Phonology
Point of View
Mood
Fable
44. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
Dialect
Article
Onomatopoeia
Tone
45. 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
First Person
Setting
Fantasy
Oxymoron
46. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Malapropism
Conjunction
Antagonist
Phrase
47. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Malapropism
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Parody
48. The study of the structure of sentences.
Mystery
Tone
Simile
Syntax
49. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Sonnet
Haiku
Double speak
Short story
50. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Narrative Point of View
Myth
Adverb
Jargon (diction)
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