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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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1. 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.
Limerick
Folktale
Horror
Conjunction
2. 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.
Ballad
Myth
Enjambment
Verse
3. A kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two _____ a and the.
Repetition
End rhyme
Denotation
Article
4. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Flashback
Conjunction
Epic
Cliche
5. 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.
Adverb
Enjambment
Moral
Horror
6. A long narrative poem detailing a hero's deeds. Examples include The Aenied by Vergil - The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer - Beowulf - Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - and Hiawath
Epic
End rhyme
Transcendentalism
Article
7. A person - place - thing - or event used to represent something else - such as the white flag that represents surrender.
Symbol
Conjunction
Onomatopoeia
Jargon (diction)
8. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.
Phrase
Hyperbole
Science fiction
Participle
9. The analysis of how sounds function in a language or dialect.
Phonology
Personification
Noun
Fable
10. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Dialect
Repetition
Pronoun
Imagery
11. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Denouement
Historical fiction
Myth
Participle
12. A reference to a familiar person - place - thing - or event
Allusion
Narration
Couplet
dramatic irony
13. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Verb
Epic
Dialect (diction)
Parody
14. A word that gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Ex. Sue runs very fast - very describes the ____ fast and gives information about how fast Sue runs.
Transcendentalism
Adverb
Ambiguity
Phrase
15. U '
Western
Foreshadowing
Iambic (foot)
Style
16. Verse that contains an irregular metrical pattern and line length; also known as vers libre.
Iambic (foot)
Lyric
Western
Free verse
17. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Symbol
Clause
Mystery
Connotation
18. The act or an example of substituting a mild - indirect - or vague term for one considered harsh - blunt - or offensive.
Euphemism
Alliteration
Jargon (diction)
Heroic couplet
19. 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
Onomatopoeia
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Analogy
Fable
20. The time and place in which the action of a story takes place.
Western
Ballad
Setting
Camera view
21. 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
Preposition
Ambiguity
Iambic (foot)
22. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.
Dialect (diction)
Phonetics
First Person
Aphorism
23. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Flashback
Parody
Clause
Cliche
24. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'
Metaphor
Double speak
Rhythm
Voice
25. A literary device in which animals - ideas - and things are represented as having human traits.
Jargon (diction)
Personification
Connosance
Antagonist
26. The reader sees a character's errors - but the character does not
Historical fiction
dramatic irony
End rhyme
Short story
27. How the author uses words - phrases - and sentences to form ideas.
Syntax
Point of View
Dialect
Style
28. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie
Noun
Setting
Clause
Enjambment
29. 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
Couplet
Morphology
verbal irony
Apostrophe
30. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Meter
Repetition
Paradox
Sonnet
31. 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
Oxymoron
Internal rhyme
Essay
Short story
32. Language that shows disrespect for others or something sacred.
Profanity (diction)
Repetition
End rhyme
Sonnet
33. The most specific or direct meaning of a word - in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
Holistic Scoring
Foreshadowing
Frame tale
Denotation
34. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Antagonist
Free verse
Euphemism
Allegory
35. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Conjunction
etymology
First Person
Archaic (diction)
36. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'
Narration
Colloquialisms (diction)
Diction
Morphology
37. The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry.
Rhythm
Narration
Folktale
Voice
38. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms
Euphemism
Oxymoron
Colloquialisms (diction)
Antagonist
39. 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
Trochaic (foot)
Pronoun
Folktale
Enjambment
40. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.
Rhythm
Anapestic
Moral
Allusion
41. 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
Dactylic
Parody
Preposition
Euphemism
42. 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 .
Setting
Foot
Caesura
Jargon
43. 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
Fairy Tale
Verb
Iambic (foot)
Novella
44. 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.
Personification
Oxymoron
Caesura
Haiku
45. 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.
Article
Assonance
Hyperbole
Aphorism
46. A variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.
Simile
Ballad
Morphology
Dialect (diction)
47. Language that is intended to be evasive or to conceal. Ex. 'downsized' actually means fired or loss of job.
Adjective
Double speak
Trochaic (foot)
Irony
48. 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.
Short story
Irony
Legend
Romance
49. A wise saying - usually short and written.
Fable
Irony
Euphemism
Aphorism
50. ' U U
Malapropism
4 sentence types
Dactylic
Hyperbole
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