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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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1. 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.
etymology
Fable
Denouement
Voice
2. 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.'
Apostrophe
Myth
Characterization
Elegy
3. 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.
Pronoun
Denotation
Third Person
Setting
4. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
Fable
Internal rhyme
Conflict
Historical fiction
5. 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
Adverb
Existentialism
Science fiction
Legend
6. 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
Participle
Phrase
Jargon
Sonnet
7. 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
Anapestic
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Euphemism
Lyric
8. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Cliche
Imagery
Simile
Caesura
9. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.
Trochaic (foot)
Canto
Character
Archaic (diction)
10. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Western
Point of View
Narrative Point of View
Cliche
11. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
Meter
Oxymoron
Autobiography
Novella
12. 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
Allegory
Slang (diction)
Western
Double speak
13. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.
dramatic irony
Parody
Free verse
Fable
14. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Characterization
Frame tale
First Person
Denouement
15. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Adjective
Myth
Repetition
Moral
16. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Jargon
Stanza
Conflict
Enjambment
17. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie
Noun
Narration
Semantics
Syntax
18. 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
Fantasy
Hyperbole
Meter
Denotation
19. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
dramatic irony
Verb
Rhythm
Metaphor
20. 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
Transcendentalism
Jargon
Frame tale
Lyric
21. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Verb
Genre
Horror
Internal rhyme
22. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Folktale
Phrase
Lyric
Antagonist
23. ' U U
Double speak
Rhetoric
Novella
Dactylic
24. The writer says one thing and means another
Legend
Double speak
verbal irony
Tragedy
25. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Profanity (diction)
Fairy Tale
Mood
Fable
26. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Aphorism
Vulgarity
Double speak
Narrative Point of View
27. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Adverb
Blank verse
Dialect (diction)
Characterization
28. 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
Euphemism
Foot
Connosance
Hyperbole
29. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.
Euphemism
Novel
Plot
Document (letter - diary - journal)
30. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Antagonist
Article
Novel
Oxymoron
31. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Alliteration
Meter
Heroic couplet
Adjective
32. 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
Semantics
Apostrophe
Limited omniscient
Onomatopoeia
33. 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.
Adverb
Verse
Simile
Diction
34. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Slang (diction)
Double speak
First Person
Phrase
35. 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.
Free verse
Mystery
Setting
Verse
36. The story is told by someone outside the story.
Third Person
Colloquialisms (diction)
verbal irony
Refrain
37. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Apostrophe
Allusion
Free verse
Dialect (diction)
38. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Dialect (diction)
Elegy
Oxymoron
Imagery
39. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
Euphemism
Narrative Point of View
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Alliteration
40. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Autobiography
Hyperbole
Phrase
Colloquialisms (diction)
41. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.
End rhyme
Sonnet
etymology
Character
42. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Malapropism
Assonance
Characterization
Fable
43. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.
Phrase
Rhythm
Narration
Internal rhyme
44. A break in the rhythm of language - particularly a natural pause in a in a line of verse - maked in prosody by a double vertical line ( || ). Ex. Arma virumque cano - || Troiae qui primus ab oris .
Caesura
Western
Narrative Point of View
Haiku
45. 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
Clause
Allegory
Morphology
Short story
46. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
dramatic irony
Foreshadowing
Style
Flashback
47. The study of the meaning in language.
Romance
Novella
Semantics
Clause
48. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Colloquialisms (diction)
Verse
Ambiguity
Fable
49. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Third Person
Dialect
Novel
Irony
50. 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
Epic
Internal rhyme
Denotation
Dactylic
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