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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.






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






3. An extended fictional prose narrative.






4. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






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






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7. The study of the structure of words.






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






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






10. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






11. A narrative form - such as an epic - legend - myth - song - poem - or fable - that has been retold within a culture for generations. Examples include The People Couldn't Fly retold by Virginia Hamilton and And Green Grass Grew All Around by Alvin Sch






12. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






15. 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






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. The writer says one thing and means another






20. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.






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






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






23. A person or being in a narrative






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






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






26. 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






27. The study of the meaning in language.






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.






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






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






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48. The study of the orgin of words






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






50. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.