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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Limerick
Sonnet
Hubris
Frame tale
2. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Ambiguity
Simile
Transcendentalism
Colloquialisms (diction)
3. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Satire
Onomatopoeia
Conflict
Caesura
4. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Parody
Jargon
Paradox
5. 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
Fantasy
Simile
Foot
Tragedy
6. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
Preposition
Syntax
Assonance
Connosance
7. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Connosance
Archaic (diction)
Denouement
Haiku
8. The main section of a long poem.
Euphemism
Ballad
Canto
Connosance
9. 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.
Adjective
Preposition
Connosance
Diction
10. U '
Conflict
Existentialism
Participle
Iambic (foot)
11. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Limited omniscient
Hyperbole
Ambiguity
Omniscient
12. Persuasive writing.
Epic
Clause
Rhetoric
Jargon (diction)
13. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Antagonist
Sonnet
Refrain
Dactylic
14. 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.
Limerick
Alliteration
Irony
Hubris
15. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Archaic (diction)
Plot
Autobiography
Conflict
16. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'
Enjambment
Metaphor
Trochaic (foot)
Sonnet
17. The time and place in which a story occurs.
Conflict
Setting
Jargon
Folktale
18. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Lyric
Historical fiction
Archaic (diction)
Novel
19. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Blank verse
Tone
Novel
Myth
20. A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean - Paul Satre - Soren Kierkegaard ('the father of _______') - Albert Camus - Freidrich Nietzche - Franz Kafka - and Simone de Beauvoir.
Existentialism
Malapropism
Transcendentalism
Repetition
21. Distinctive features of a person's speech and speech patterns.
Lyric
Haiku
Anapestic
Voice
22. 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
Existentialism
Dactylic
Denouement
Euphemism
23. The perspective from which a story is told.
Tone
Rhetoric
Phrase
Point of View
24. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Myth
Aphorism
Pronoun
Denotation
25. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Characterization
Frame tale
Oxymoron
Apostrophe
26. The study of the meaning in language.
Semantics
Conflict
Noun
Legend
27. 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
Dialect (diction)
Lyric
Western
Haiku
28. 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.
Conjunction
Setting
Stanza
Setting
29. A narrative about human actions that is perceived by both the teller and the listeners to have taken place within human history and that possesses certain qualities that give the tale the appearance of truth or reality. Washington Irvin's The Legend
Legend
Autobiography
Dialect (diction)
Irony
30. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
etymology
Participle
Noun
Double speak
31. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.
Allusion
Myth
Repetition
Symbol
32. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Hyperbole
Double speak
Refrain
Dialect
33. 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.
Essay
Haiku
Vulgarity
Irony
34. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Genre
Personification
Pragmatics
Clause
35. The main character or hero of a written work.
Malapropism
4 sentence types
Protagonist
Short story
36. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
Connotation
Style
Diction
Phonetics
37. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.
Phonology
Oxymoron
Archaic (diction)
Sonnet
38. The study of the orgin of words
Aphorism
etymology
Metaphor
Vulgarity
39. ' U U
Dactylic
Meter
Myth
Essay
40. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Imagery
Euphemism
Dialect
Simile
41. 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 -
Verse
Elegy
Protagonist
Transcendentalism
42. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.
dramatic irony
Euphemism
Rhetoric
Analogy
43. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Onomatopoeia
Tone
dramatic irony
Dialect
44. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
Profanity (diction)
Tone
Enjambment
Antagonist
45. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.
Jargon
Ballad
Flashback
Metaphor
46. 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.
Denotation
Epic
Holistic Scoring
Foot
47. 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
Alliteration
Verse
Participle
Folktale
48. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Essay
Article
Iambic (foot)
Plot
49. 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
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Jargon
Phonology
Aphorism
50. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Repetition
Adjective
Allegory
Sonnet