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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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






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






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






4. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






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






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






7. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






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






9. 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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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






14. ' U






15. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






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






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






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






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






20. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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.'






26. 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.






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






28. 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






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






30. A long narrative poem detailing a hero's deeds. Examples include The Aenied by Vergil - The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer - Beowulf - Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - and Hiawath






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






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






36. ' U U






37. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event






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






39. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






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






42. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning. There are three types....Dramatic - Verbal - Situation.






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






44. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.