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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






2. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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






5. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.






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






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






8. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






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






10. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






11. 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.






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






13. 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






14. 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.'






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17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. A fourteen - line poem - usually written in iambic pentameter - with a varied rhyme scheme. Two main types are Petrarchan (or Italian) and the Shakespearean (or English). A Petrarchan opens with an octave that states a proposition and ends with a ses






21. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






22. A narrative about human actions that is perceived by both the teller and the listeners to have taken place within human history and that possesses certain qualities that give the tale the appearance of truth or reality. Washington Irvin's The Legend






23. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






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






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26. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.






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






28. 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






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






30. The main section of a long poem.






31. A contradictory statement that makes sense






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






33. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






34. A document organized in paragraph form that can be long or short and can be in the form of a letter - dialogue - or discussion. Examples include Politics and the English Language by George Orwell - The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson - and Mo






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






36. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.






37. 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






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






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






40. 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.






41. The writer says one thing and means another






42. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






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






46. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.






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






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






49. A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains...Couplet: Two - lines - Triplet: Three - lines - Quatrain: Four - lines - Quintet: Five - lines - Sestet: Six- lines - Septet: Seven - lines - Octave: Eight - lines.






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