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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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.






2. 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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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






7. 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.






8. 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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






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






17. A type of Japanese poem that is written in 17 syllables with three lines of five - seven - and five syllables - respectively. Expresses a single thought.






18. A person or being in a narrative






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






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






21. 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.'






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






23. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






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






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






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






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






29. Persuasive writing.






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains...Couplet: Two - lines - Triplet: Three - lines - Quatrain: Four - lines - Quintet: Five - lines - Sestet: Six- lines - Septet: Seven - lines - Octave: Eight - lines.






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






42. The perspective from which a story is told.






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






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






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






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






47. The study of the meaning in language.






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






49. 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.






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