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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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1. 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.
Myth
Conjunction
Frame tale
Conflict
2. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Dialect
Folktale
Article
Caesura
3. A narrative that is made up of fantastic characters and creatures - such as witches - goblins - and fairies - and usually begins with the phrase 'Once upon a time...' Examples include Rapunzel - Cinderella - Sleeping Beauty - and Little Red Riding Ho
Fairy Tale
Trochaic (foot)
Denouement
Setting
4. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
Epic
Euphemism
Personification
Alliteration
5. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Historical fiction
Autobiography
Omniscient
Oxymoron
6. A word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction - place - time - cause - manner and amount Ex. In the sentence He came by bus - 'by' is a _____ which shows manner.
Frame tale
Preposition
Parody
Noun
7. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Myth
Malapropism
Slang (diction)
Fairy Tale
8. Fiction that is intended to frighten - unsettle - or scare the reader. Often overlaps with fantasy and science fiction. Examples include Stephen King's The Shining - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Horror
4 sentence types
Rhetoric
Slang (diction)
9. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Foreshadowing
Horror
Repetition
Jargon
10. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.
Antagonist
Fairy Tale
Denouement
Heroic couplet
11. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Clause
Denouement
Assonance
Repetition
12. 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)
Romance
Horror
Tragedy
13. 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.
Camera view
Syntax
Folktale
Stanza
14. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.
Ballad
Dialect
Ambiguity
Couplet
15. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
Biography
Style
Internal rhyme
Stanza
16. 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
Phonology
Tragedy
Western
Meter
17. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Internal rhyme
Oxymoron
Verb
Genre
18. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Anecdote
Canto
Antagonist
Colloquialisms (diction)
19. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Meter
Preposition
20. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.
Personification
Enjambment
Transcendentalism
Archaic (diction)
21. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Denouement
Dialect (diction)
Heroic couplet
Narrative Point of View
22. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
Historical fiction
Conflict
situation irony
Refrain
23. 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
Style
Apostrophe
Denouement
Fantasy
24. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Satire
Historical fiction
Existentialism
Rhythm
25. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Semantics
Flashback
Antagonist
Characterization
26. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Flashback
Simile
Characterization
Folktale
27. The perspective from which a story is told.
Clause
Point of View
Profanity (diction)
Ballad
28. The time and place in which a story occurs.
Genre
Heroic couplet
Hubris
Setting
29. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Horror
Ballad
Couplet
Lyric
30. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Parody
Onomatopoeia
Legend
Irony
31. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Flashback
End rhyme
Fable
Blank verse
32. The study of the orgin of words
etymology
Rhythm
Blank verse
Setting
33. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie
Sonnet
Noun
Oxymoron
Phonetics
34. The narrator records the actions from his or her point of view - unaware of any of the other characters' thoughts or feelings. Also known as the objective view.
Verb
Camera view
Paradox
Slang (diction)
35. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Flashback
Jargon (diction)
Dactylic
Foreshadowing
36. 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.
End rhyme
Science fiction
Adverb
Narration
37. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Stanza
Archaic (diction)
Denotation
Horror
38. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.
Internal rhyme
Lyric
Article
Genre
39. ' U U
Conjunction
Phrase
Dactylic
Plot
40. 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
Romance
Ambiguity
Apostrophe
Profanity (diction)
41. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Personification
Syntax
Free verse
Myth
42. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect - as in I could sleep for a year or this book weighs a ton.
Archaic (diction)
Satire
Euphemism
Hyperbole
43. 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
Article
Foreshadowing
Alliteration
Euphemism
44. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
dramatic irony
Limited omniscient
verbal irony
Verb
45. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.
Voice
Alliteration
Dialect
Diction
46. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Ballad
Narration
Allegory
Pronoun
47. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
dramatic irony
Caesura
Jargon (diction)
Pronoun
48. 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.
Apostrophe
Holistic Scoring
Epic
Fable
49. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Setting
Stanza
Canto
Connotation
50. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.
Assonance
Free verse
Narrative Point of View
Profanity (diction)