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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.






2. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






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






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






7. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'






8. 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.






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10. 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.






11. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






18. The telling of a story.






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






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






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






22. The time and place in which a story occurs.






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






24. 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






25. An extended fictional prose narrative.






26. 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.






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






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






29. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.






30. The study of the meaning in language.






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. The study of the orgin of words






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






39. The writer says one thing and means another






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






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






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.






43. 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






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






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






46. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.






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






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






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






50. 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