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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Irony
Setting
Canto
Fantasy
2. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Assonance
Phonetics
Antagonist
Profanity (diction)
3. 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
Western
Tragedy
Sonnet
Semantics
4. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Colloquialisms (diction)
End rhyme
Adjective
Euphemism
5. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
Jargon (diction)
Vulgarity
Folktale
Tone
6. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Euphemism
Jargon
Setting
Trochaic (foot)
7. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels
Connosance
Preposition
Dialect (diction)
Elegy
8. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Fable
Apostrophe
Romance
Simile
9. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Couplet
Canto
Mood
Transcendentalism
10. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Satire
Verse
Hubris
Fantasy
11. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Repetition
Dialect
Satire
Parody
12. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
Stanza
Style
Euphemism
Alliteration
13. A comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but are alike in some important way.
Dialect (diction)
Analogy
Profanity (diction)
Dialect
14. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Mystery
Alliteration
dramatic irony
Cliche
15. Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
Imagery
Colloquialisms (diction)
Internal rhyme
Western
16. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.
Ballad
Phonology
Vulgarity
verbal irony
17. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Lyric
Denotation
Phrase
Clause
18. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Oxymoron
Conflict
Foreshadowing
Characterization
19. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
Hubris
Noun
Blank verse
situation irony
20. 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
Characterization
Fantasy
Meter
Essay
21. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Allusion
Characterization
Aphorism
Archaic (diction)
22. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.
Personification
Symbol
Denouement
Science fiction
23. 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
Dialect
Adjective
situation irony
Document (letter - diary - journal)
24. 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 .
Caesura
Fairy Tale
Archaic (diction)
Cliche
25. 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.
Holistic Scoring
Onomatopoeia
Frame tale
Moral
26. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Dialect
Clause
Fairy Tale
Article
27. U '
Novel
Third Person
Omniscient
Iambic (foot)
28. 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
Folktale
Tone
situation irony
Pronoun
29. The study of the meaning in language.
Mood
Free verse
Legend
Semantics
30. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Verse
Plot
Tragedy
Transcendentalism
31. 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.
Stanza
Pronoun
Jargon (diction)
Character
32. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Limited omniscient
Allusion
Clause
Genre
33. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Dactylic
Document (letter - diary - journal)
34. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Romance
First Person
Couplet
Phonology
35. 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
Apostrophe
Haiku
Foot
Autobiography
36. A story about a person's life written by another person.
Fantasy
Biography
Metaphor
Canto
37. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.
etymology
Conflict
Stanza
Autobiography
38. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Novel
Refrain
verbal irony
Metaphor
39. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Blank verse
Fantasy
Flashback
Parody
40. 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.
Adjective
Ballad
Style
Conjunction
41. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
Assonance
Imagery
Internal rhyme
Diction
42. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Novel
Apostrophe
Dialect
Slang (diction)
43. The writer says one thing and means another
Elegy
verbal irony
Transcendentalism
dramatic irony
44. 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.
Allusion
Narrative Point of View
4 sentence types
Existentialism
45. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Dialect (diction)
Holistic Scoring
Clause
Mood
46. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.
Colloquialisms (diction)
Lyric
Allegory
Antagonist
47. 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
Personification
Genre
Pronoun
Western
48. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Essay
Tragedy
Imagery
Free verse
49. 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
Clause
Satire
Enjambment
Narrative Point of View
50. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
Assonance
Allegory
Antagonist
End rhyme