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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






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






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






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






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






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






8. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result






9. 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.






10. The study of the structure of words.






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






12. 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 -






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






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






15. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.






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17. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






18. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).






19. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another






20. An extended fictional prose narrative.






21. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.






22. The story is told by someone outside the story.






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






24. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.






25. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






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






27. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






29. 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






30. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.






31. 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 .






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.'






35. Old - fashioned words that are no longer used in common speech - such as thee - thy - and thou.






36. 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






37. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.






38. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.






39. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or expected meaning. There are three types....Dramatic - Verbal - Situation.






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. 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






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






44. An author's choice of words based on their clearness - conciseness - effectiveness - and authenticity.






45. 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.






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






47. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






50. A wise saying - usually short and written.







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