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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






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






3. A suspenseful story that deals with a puzzling crime. Examples include Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murder in Rue Morgue' and Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.






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5. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






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






7. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.






8. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.






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






10. 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.






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






12. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






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






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






15. 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.






16. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result






17. A person's account of his or hew own life.






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






19. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. The time and place in which a story occurs.






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






26. The writer says one thing and means another






27. 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.






28. The study of the orgin of words






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. A contradictory statement that makes sense






34. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






35. A turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons (or a personified abstraction) who is present of absent. For example - in a recent performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet - Hamlet turned to the audience and spoke directly to one w






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






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. 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.'






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






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






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






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






43. 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 -






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






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






46. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






47. Occurs when there are two or more possible meanings to a word or phrase.






48. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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







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