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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






2. The study of the orgin of words






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






6. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






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






9. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






11. 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 -






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






13. 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 .






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






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






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






17. The main section of a long poem.






18. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.






19. 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.'






20. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






21. The time and place in which a story occurs.






22. An extended fictional prose narrative.






23. 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.






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






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






27. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






28. 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






29. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).






30. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






31. 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.






32. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






33. 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.






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






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.






36. A wise saying - usually short and written.






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






44. 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.






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






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47. 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






48. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






49. A person's account of his or hew own life.






50. The study of the structure of words.