Praxis: English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (5038) Rated A+

Praxis: English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (5038) Rated A+ Apostrophe Addressing some abstraction or personification that is not physically present. Setting An environment or surrounding in which a story takes place. Anaphora Regularly repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive clauses/phrases to add emphasis. Ex: Winston Churchill "we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets..." Antithesis Using opposite phrases in close conjunction. Ex: Alexander Pope, "To err is human; to forgive divine." Anastrophe Inverted order of words or events as a rhetorical scheme. Ex: "What a wonderful world it is." Anticlimax A drop from a dignified or important idea...usually ridiculous or humorous. Anecdote A brief story authors may relate, which can illustrate their points in a more relatable way. Archetype Universal symbol Symbolism Use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. Tone The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Voice A form or format through which the narrator/author tells their story. Reflects individual writing style. Alliteration The occurrence of the same letter or sound at then beginning of adjacent or closely connected word. Consonance: bake, duck, soak, pick Assonance: meek, beam, peace, reap pier Allusion Expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly (a hint, a reference to). For example: "Don't be such a Romeo around her". Analogy Comparison between two things--usually for the purpose of explanation or clarity. Ex: similes, metaphors Blank Verse Unrhymed iambic pentameter - lines of 10 syllables that don't rhyme, each even-numbered syllable has an accent. Burlesque Ridicules a topic by treating something exalted as if it were trivial, and vice versa. Caesura A pause. Sometimes signified by a slash or a comma. Chiasmus Uses parallel clauses, the second reversing the order of the first. Ex: JFK "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Catastrophe The "turning downward" of a plot in a tragedy - usually in the 4th act, after the climax. Catharsis Events that bring about a moral or spiritual renewal. Relief from tension. Cliché Trite phrase that has become overused. Connotation Emotional meaning of a word, plus it's literal meaning. Consonance A type of alliteration where the consonants stay the same but the vowels change. Denotation The literal meaning