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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area






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






3. Also known as a run - on line in poetry - _____ occurs when one line ends and continues onto the next line to complete meaning. For example the first line in Thoreau's poem 'My life has been the poem I would have writ -' and the second line completes






4. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not






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






6. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.






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






8. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






16. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.






17. 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.'






18. A person or being in a narrative






19. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power






20. Persuasive writing.






21. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.






22. The study of the structure of sentences.






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. The study of the meaning in language.






29. The role of context in the interpretation of meaning.






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






31. ' U U






32. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels






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






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






35. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.






36. 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






37. 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.






38. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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






50. A contradictory statement that makes sense