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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The perspective from which a story is told.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Persuasive writing.






9. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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. 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.






12. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






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14. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.






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






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






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






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






19. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






20. 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.






21. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






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






23. The main section of a long poem.






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






25. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






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






28. 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 -






29. A method by which trained readers evaluate a piece of writing for its overall quality. There is no focus on one aspect of the writing.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. The study of the structure of sentences.






36. 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






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






38. 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.






39. A story about a person's life written by another person.






40. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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






45. 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.






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






47. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






48. 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






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






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