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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. A text or performance that imitates and mocks an author or work.






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






3. A socially accepted word or phrase used to replace unacceptable language - such as expressions for bodily functions or body parts. Also used as substitutes for straightforward words to tactfully conceal or falsify meaning. Ex. My grandmother passed a






4. 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






5. The perspective from which a story is told.






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. The study of the meaning in language.






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






13. 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






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






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






16. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






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






18. 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.'






19. 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.






20. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






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






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






24. 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






25. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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 .






31. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.






32. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.






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






34. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.






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






36. 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.






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






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39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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