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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. 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 -






2. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






3. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.






4. The main character or hero of a written work.






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






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






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






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






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






10. The study of the structure of words.






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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.






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 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






16. 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.






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






18. The study of the orgin of words






19. 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






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






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






22. The telling of a story.






23. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






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25. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






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






28. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






29. 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






30. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






31. 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.






32. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






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






34. A word which describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. The lazy dog sat on the rug - the word lazy is an ____ which gives more information about the noun dog.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






42. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.






43. 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.






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






45. A story about a person's life written by another person.






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






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






48. Persuasive writing.






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






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