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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.
Setting
Protagonist
Verse
Narrative Point of View
2. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.
Clause
Camera view
Verse
Phonology
3. The study of the structure of words.
Morphology
Foreshadowing
etymology
Horror
4. Unrhymed verse - often occurring in iambic pentameter.
Blank verse
Alliteration
Horror
Couplet
5. 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
Denouement
Limited omniscient
First Person
Frame tale
6. The study of the meaning in language.
Short story
Repetition
Ambiguity
Semantics
7. 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.
Rhetoric
Haiku
Aphorism
Adjective
8. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Moral
Euphemism
Meter
Dialect
9. 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.
Semantics
Preposition
Conjunction
Haiku
10. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect - as in I could sleep for a year or this book weighs a ton.
Horror
Stanza
Morphology
Hyperbole
11. 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
Character
Phonology
Semantics
Fantasy
12. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.
Internal rhyme
Genre
Narration
Hyperbole
13. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.
Allegory
Blank verse
situation irony
Narration
14. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind
Profanity (diction)
Malapropism
Western
Plot
15. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
Conflict
situation irony
Colloquialisms (diction)
Slang (diction)
16. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Verb
Archaic (diction)
Rhythm
Sonnet
17. The writer says one thing and means another
Onomatopoeia
Morphology
Refrain
verbal irony
18. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - such a 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
Alliteration
Adverb
Analogy
Verse
19. 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
Colloquialisms (diction)
Style
Narration
20. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Fable
Folktale
Dialect
Apostrophe
21. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.
Adjective
Anapestic Meter
Imagery
Refrain
22. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Internal rhyme
Point of View
Myth
Characterization
23. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
Narration
Assonance
Horror
Semantics
24. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Verse
Pronoun
Satire
Narrative Point of View
25. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.
Mood
End rhyme
Participle
Apostrophe
26. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Enjambment
Satire
Irony
dramatic irony
27. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Personification
Characterization
Hubris
Onomatopoeia
28. The perspective from which a story is told.
Verb
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Point of View
Morphology
29. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie
Novella
Noun
Myth
Semantics
30. U '
Connotation
Iambic (foot)
Euphemism
Antagonist
31. The study of the orgin of words
Paradox
Antagonist
Point of View
etymology
32. 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.
Existentialism
Anapestic Meter
Allusion
Foot
33. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Alliteration
Simile
Parody
Dialect
34. The study of the structure of sentences.
Apostrophe
Dialect
Slang (diction)
Syntax
35. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
Rhythm
Stanza
Pronoun
Imagery
36. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Anecdote
Horror
Myth
Refrain
37. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Dialect (diction)
Hubris
Phonology
Couplet
38. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Vulgarity
Allusion
Denotation
Biography
39. U U '
Anapestic
Conjunction
Blank verse
Foreshadowing
40. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
Denouement
Symbol
Biography
Omniscient
41. The time and place in which a story occurs.
Enjambment
Setting
Camera view
Legend
42. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Jargon (diction)
Fable
Aphorism
Tone
43. 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.
Phrase
Meter
Horror
Flashback
44. 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.
Historical fiction
Fable
End rhyme
Internal rhyme
45. A novel comprised of idealized events far removed from everyday life. This genre includes the subgenres of gothic ____ and medieval ____. Examples include Mary Shelly's Frankenstein - William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida - and King Horn (anonym
Point of View
Elegy
Romance
Internal rhyme
46. A rhythmical pattern in verse that is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Meter
Simile
Paradox
Fairy Tale
47. The feeling a text evokes in the reader - such as sadness - tranquility - or elation.
Fairy Tale
Transcendentalism
Euphemism
Mood
48. 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.
Camera view
Participle
Horror
Haiku
49. A literary technique in which the author gives hints or clues about what is to come at some point later in the story.
Fairy Tale
Foreshadowing
Dactylic
Aphorism
50. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Archaic (diction)
Euphemism
Heroic couplet
Onomatopoeia