Praxis 5047 - Middle School ELA Questions &
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Usually have a strong lesson or moral. People
Allegory
represent an idea or generalization about life.
Reference to a familiar person, place or thing
Allusion
(Machiavellian, utopia)
meter that is composed of feet that are short-short-
Anapestic meter long usually used in light, whimsical poetry such as a
limerick.
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of
Anaphora
several clauses (I have a dream speech)
Anecdote brief story that illusturates or makes a point
Antagonist person or thing working against the protagonist
Character, plot, image, theme or setting that appears
Archetype
in literature across cultures and is repeated over time
Repetition of the same sound in words that are close
Assonance
together ex. "White stripes"
Unrhymed verse, most often occurring in iambic
Blank Verse
pentameter
A break in rhythm of language, particularly a natural
Caesura
pause in a line of verse.
Canon a group of literary works.
, a method the author uses to let readers know more
Characterization
about the characters and their personal traits.
an expression that has been used so often that it loses
Cliche
its expressive power "dead as a doornail"
A specific type of metaphor, often elaborate, that
Conceit
compares two things that are very different.
Repetition of the final consonant sound in words
Consonance
containing different vowels - stroke of luck
Couplet Stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
a metrical foot of three syllables in which the first
Dactyl
syllable is stressed and the next two are unstressed
a literary criticism that rebuts the traditional literary
criticism notion that the biography of an author
Death of the author
provides a context for interpretation of text; instead
the writing and the creator are unrelated.
Denouement Resolution of a story
Author's choice of words based on their clarity,
Diction
conciseness, effectiveness and authenticity
Old fashioned words that are no longer used in
Archaic
common speech (thou, thy)
expressions that are usually accepted in informal
Colloquialisms
situations or regions "Wicked awesome"
language that intentionally distorts or disguises
Double speak meaning. let go instead of fired, passed away instead
of died.
End Rhyme Rhyming that occurs at the ends of lines of verse
aka run-on line in poetry. occurs when one line ends
Enjambment and continues onto the next line to complete the
meaning.
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Terms in this set (277)
Usually have a strong lesson or moral. People
Allegory
represent an idea or generalization about life.
Reference to a familiar person, place or thing
Allusion
(Machiavellian, utopia)
meter that is composed of feet that are short-short-
Anapestic meter long usually used in light, whimsical poetry such as a
limerick.
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of
Anaphora
several clauses (I have a dream speech)
Anecdote brief story that illusturates or makes a point
Antagonist person or thing working against the protagonist
Character, plot, image, theme or setting that appears
Archetype
in literature across cultures and is repeated over time
Repetition of the same sound in words that are close
Assonance
together ex. "White stripes"
Unrhymed verse, most often occurring in iambic
Blank Verse
pentameter
A break in rhythm of language, particularly a natural
Caesura
pause in a line of verse.
Canon a group of literary works.
, a method the author uses to let readers know more
Characterization
about the characters and their personal traits.
an expression that has been used so often that it loses
Cliche
its expressive power "dead as a doornail"
A specific type of metaphor, often elaborate, that
Conceit
compares two things that are very different.
Repetition of the final consonant sound in words
Consonance
containing different vowels - stroke of luck
Couplet Stanza made up of two rhyming lines.
a metrical foot of three syllables in which the first
Dactyl
syllable is stressed and the next two are unstressed
a literary criticism that rebuts the traditional literary
criticism notion that the biography of an author
Death of the author
provides a context for interpretation of text; instead
the writing and the creator are unrelated.
Denouement Resolution of a story
Author's choice of words based on their clarity,
Diction
conciseness, effectiveness and authenticity
Old fashioned words that are no longer used in
Archaic
common speech (thou, thy)
expressions that are usually accepted in informal
Colloquialisms
situations or regions "Wicked awesome"
language that intentionally distorts or disguises
Double speak meaning. let go instead of fired, passed away instead
of died.
End Rhyme Rhyming that occurs at the ends of lines of verse
aka run-on line in poetry. occurs when one line ends
Enjambment and continues onto the next line to complete the
meaning.
