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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






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






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






4. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. The writer says one thing and means another






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






17. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






24. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






25. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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28. 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






29. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. A word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction - place - time - cause - manner and amount Ex. In the sentence He came by bus - 'by' is a _____ which shows manner.






38. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






39. 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






40. 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






41. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






42. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.






43. The study of the meaning in language.






44. 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






45. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






46. 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






47. 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.






48. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






50. 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