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Praxis Middle School Language Arts
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.
Connotation
Allusion
Preposition
Autobiography
2. 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.
Hyperbole
Flashback
Jargon
Repetition
3. 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
Limited omniscient
Characterization
Cliche
Document (letter - diary - journal)
4. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.
Personification
Tragedy
Phonetics
Haiku
5. 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.
Adjective
Fairy Tale
Myth
Novel
6. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
Plot
Couplet
Aphorism
Metaphor
7. An expression that has been used so often that it loses its expressive power
Autobiography
verbal irony
Cliche
Preposition
8. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).
4 sentence types
Ambiguity
Hyperbole
Internal rhyme
9. 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.'
Elegy
Autobiography
Protagonist
Limerick
10. A word which shows action or state of being. Ex. In the sentence The dog bit the man - bit is the ____.
Verb
Canto
Novella
Assonance
11. 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.
Adverb
Mystery
Paradox
Western
12. The study of the meaning in language.
Malapropism
Narrative Point of View
Semantics
Stanza
13. The use of sound words to suggest meaning - as in buzz - click - or vroom.
Onomatopoeia
Biography
Oxymoron
Transcendentalism
14. An extended fictional prose narrative.
Imagery
Omniscient
Point of View
Novel
15. A contradictory statement that makes sense
Paradox
Internal rhyme
Oxymoron
Analogy
16. A story about a person's life written by another person.
Biography
Vulgarity
Protagonist
Metaphor
17. A brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Anecdote
Setting
Character
Double speak
18. 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 .
Caesura
Elegy
Jargon (diction)
Vulgarity
19. 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.
Denouement
Short story
Camera view
Fantasy
20. 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.
Anecdote
Myth
Anapestic Meter
Characterization
21. The story is told by someone outside the story.
Third Person
Narrative Point of View
Apostrophe
Folktale
22. The study of the orgin of words
Epic
etymology
Dactylic
Participle
23. A person who opposes or competes with the main character (protagonist); often the villain in the story.
Holistic Scoring
Ambiguity
Style
Antagonist
24. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.
Euphemism
Fairy Tale
Imagery
Ambiguity
25. The multiple use of a word - phrase - or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect.
Narration
Fairy Tale
Adverb
Repetition
26. A comparison of two unlike things - usually including the word like or as.
Euphemism
Participle
Simile
Allegory
27. A pair of lines of poetic verse written in iambic pentameter.
Heroic couplet
Historical fiction
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Clause
28. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
Fairy Tale
Satire
Clause
Folktale
29. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).
Ballad
Tone
Stanza
Antagonist
30. 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.
Holistic Scoring
Malapropism
Antagonist
Character
31. The telling of a story.
Jargon (diction)
Narration
Fairy Tale
Lyric
32. Persuasive writing.
Heroic couplet
Rhetoric
Tragedy
4 sentence types
33. The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of one (or a few) character(s).
Dialect (diction)
Denouement
Limited omniscient
Ballad
34. 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.
Biography
Horror
Simile
Hyperbole
35. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events
Analogy
Flashback
Historical fiction
Onomatopoeia
36. 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
Allusion
Foot
Archaic (diction)
Anapestic Meter
37. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
Connotation
Document (letter - diary - journal)
Verse
Characterization
38. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.
Connotation
Slang (diction)
Irony
Assonance
39. A repetition of the same sound in words close to one another
Fairy Tale
Onomatopoeia
Conflict
Assonance
40. U U '
Anapestic
Legend
Assonance
Flashback
41. 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.
Science fiction
Jargon (diction)
Limited omniscient
Conjunction
42. 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
Short story
Fairy Tale
Slang (diction)
Genre
43. The story is told from the point of view of one character.
Existentialism
Transcendentalism
First Person
Assonance
44. Literature that makes fun of social conventions or conditions - usually to evoke change.
Simile
Phonetics
Satire
Setting
45. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
Onomatopoeia
Irony
Autobiography
Novella
46. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.
Genre
Tone
Camera view
Jargon (diction)
47. ' U U
Adverb
Hyperbole
Dactylic
Rhythm
48. 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
4 sentence types
Biography
Colloquialisms (diction)
Western
49. The specialized language of a particular group or culture. Ex. in the field of education...rubric - tuning protocol - and deskilling.
Verse
Tone
Jargon
Allegory
50. ' U
Caesura
Trochaic (foot)
Camera view
Moral