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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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1. Two or more words in sequence that form a syntactic unit that is less than a complete sentence.






2. The writer says one thing and means another






3. 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.






4. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.






5. A story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Usually have a strong lesson or moral.






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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






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






11. Persuasive writing.






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. A contradictory statement that makes sense






16. ' U






17. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.






18. A person or being in a narrative






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






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






21. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.






22. The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals - particularly at the end of each stanza.






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






24. 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






25. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.






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






27. 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.






28. 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






29. 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






30. A wise saying - usually short and written.






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






32. An extended fictional prose narrative.






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






34. U U '






35. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






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






37. Opposing elements or characters in a plot.






38. 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






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






40. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






42. Expressions that are usually accepted in informal situations or regions - such as 'wicked awesome.'






43. Deals with current or future development of technological advances. Examples are Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse - Five - George Orwell's 1984 - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.






44. A phrase that consists of two contradictory terms






45. 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.'






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. 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.







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