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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






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






3. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.






4. 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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. A document organized in paragraph form that can be long or short and can be in the form of a letter - dialogue - or discussion. Examples include Politics and the English Language by George Orwell - The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson - and Mo






12. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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 -






20. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.






21. 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.






22. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






23. 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.






24. Meter that is composed of feet that are short - short - long or unaccented - unaccented - accented - usually used in light or whimsical poetry - such as limerick.






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






26. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.






27. 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






28. 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






29. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






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






31. 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






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






33. A metric line of poetry. Its name is based on the kind and number of feet composing it ('foot').






34. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.






35. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.






36. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.






37. 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






38. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






39. The main section of a long poem.






40. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






41. A wise saying - usually short and written.






42. The study of the structure of words.






43. 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.






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






45. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






46. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.






47. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






48. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






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






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