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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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1. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.
Phrase
Denotation
Sonnet
Irony
2. A literacy device in which the author jumps back in time in the chronology of narrative.
Anapestic Meter
Flashback
Folktale
Connosance
3. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.
Hyperbole
Personification
Dialect
Fairy Tale
4. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Colloquialisms (diction)
Existentialism
Dialect (diction)
Sonnet
5. The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events.
Plot
Omniscient
Denotation
Antagonist
6. 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.
Anapestic Meter
Third Person
Profanity (diction)
Verb
7. 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.
Personification
Preposition
Setting
Moral
8. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Epic
Fable
Satire
Dialect
9. A category of literature defined by its style - form - and content.
Characterization
Archaic (diction)
Dialect (diction)
Genre
10. U U '
Short story
Allegory
Verse
Anapestic
11. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Double speak
Canto
Simile
Foot
12. The main section of a long poem.
Mood
Canto
Diction
Phrase
13. 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
Protagonist
Legend
Euphemism
Point of View
14. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Couplet
etymology
Slang (diction)
Repetition
15. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.
Profanity (diction)
Epic
Limited omniscient
Caesura
16. 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
Jargon (diction)
Preposition
verbal irony
Document (letter - diary - journal)
17. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Point of View
Anecdote
Conjunction
Repetition
18. Language widely considered crude - disgusting - and oftentimes offensive.
Heroic couplet
Archaic (diction)
Vulgarity
Dialect
19. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Paradox
Couplet
Historical fiction
Frame tale
20. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Phonetics
Mystery
Imagery
Enjambment
21. 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.
Setting
Stanza
Symbol
Holistic Scoring
22. 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
Frame tale
Short story
dramatic irony
Profanity (diction)
23. The flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; this term comes from the Greek word hybris - which means 'excessive pride.'
Hubris
Sonnet
Rhetoric
Free verse
24. ' U
Adjective
Fable
Haiku
Trochaic (foot)
25. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Personification
Paradox
Mystery
Phrase
26. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Science fiction
Historical fiction
Profanity (diction)
Couplet
27. 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.
Trochaic (foot)
Adjective
Jargon (diction)
Analogy
28. 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
End rhyme
Paradox
Romance
Limited omniscient
29. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Voice
Phonology
Profanity (diction)
30. The story is told by someone outside the story.
Holistic Scoring
Point of View
Third Person
Flashback
31. Persuasive writing.
Caesura
Romance
Rhetoric
Blank verse
32. Repetition of the final consonant sound in words containing different vowels
Connosance
Fairy Tale
Antagonist
Article
33. Narrative fiction that involves gods and heroes or has a theme that expresses a culture's ideology. Examples of Greek ______ include Zeus and the Olympians and The Trojan War. Roman ______ include Hercules - Apollo - and Venus.
Connotation
Frame tale
4 sentence types
Myth
34. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Limited omniscient
Aphorism
Allusion
Connotation
35. The main character or hero of a written work.
Protagonist
Aphorism
Tragedy
Characterization
36. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Article
Style
Phrase
Couplet
37. A person's account of his or hew own life.
Short story
Autobiography
Diction
Camera view
38. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Enjambment
Omniscient
Cliche
Protagonist
39. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Mood
Heroic couplet
Tragedy
First Person
40. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
dramatic irony
Holistic Scoring
Allusion
Conflict
41. 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
Parody
Style
Character
Short story
42. Rhyming of the ends of lines of verse.
Transcendentalism
Phonology
End rhyme
Character
43. A short poem about personal feelings and emotions.
Trochaic (foot)
Transcendentalism
Lyric
Profanity (diction)
44. The purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result
situation irony
Aphorism
Denotation
Foot
45. 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.
Epic
Setting
Conjunction
Transcendentalism
46. 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.
Anapestic Meter
Limerick
Blank verse
Autobiography
47. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
Enjambment
Characterization
Clause
Novella
48. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area
situation irony
Limited omniscient
Jargon (diction)
Archaic (diction)
49. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Conjunction
Connotation
First Person
Narration
50. 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.
Parody
Lyric
Imagery
Fable
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