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Praxis Middle School Language Arts

Subjects : praxis, english
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2. A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.






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






4. 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






5. A type of pun - or play on words - that results when two words become mixed up in the speaker's mind






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






8. The writer says one thing and means another






9. A person or thing working against the hero of a literary work (the protagonist).






10. A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied but not stated - such as 'This winter is a bear.'






11. A variation of a language used by people who live in a particular geographical area.






12. A contradictory statement that makes sense






13. Specialized language used in a particular field or content area






14. The story is told by someone outside the story.






15. The study of the sounds of language and their physical properties.






16. 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.






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






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






19. The overall feeling created by an author's use of words.






20. 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.






21. A word which names a person - place or thing. Ex. boy - river - friend - Mexico - triangle - day - school - truth - university - idea - John F. Kennedy - movie






22. A verb form that usually ends in - ing or - ed.






23. The use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind.






24. 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






25. 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






26. A short poem - often written by an anonymous author - comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited.






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






28. The study of the orgin of words






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






30. The perspective from which the story is told - four choices: first person; 3rd person (dramatic - objective); 3rd person omniscient; 3rd person limited omniscient.






31. A lesson a work of literature is teaching.






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






33. Literature - often drama - ending in a catastrophic event for the protagonist(s) after he or she faces several problems or conflicts.






34. A short narrative - usually between 50 and 100 pages long. Examples include George Orwell's Animal Farm and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.






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36. The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning.






37. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.






38. 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 .






39. 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.






40. A stanza made up of two rhyming lines.






41. 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






42. 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.






43. Narrative fiction that is set in some earlier time and often contains historically authentic people - places - or events






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






45. Informal language used by a particular group of people among themselves.






46. The study of the meaning in language.






47. 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






48. 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.






49. The outcome or resolution of plot in a story.






50. Simple - compound (conjunctions) - complex (subordination) - compound - complex (conjunctions and subordination).