Anapestic meter Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Praxis 2 Middle School English Language Arts (5047)-Reading, Praxis II Middle School English/language arts- Language and Linguistics, Praxis 2 Middle School English Language Arts (5047)-Reading. William Shakespeare Poet and playwright of the Renaissance period in Western culture. Plays, comedies, tragedies, tragicomedies and historical plays. William Faulkner Author of Southern literature in America based on his experience living in Mississippi during the early 20th century. Geoffrey Chau...

Paragraph - A group of connected sentences covering one main topic in a work of prose (such as novels) Stanza - A group of verses covering one main topic in a work of poetry Couplets - two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. Dialogue - Conversation between characters, typically in a play Monologue or Soliloquy - Large sections of dialogue spoken by one character or actor Aside (n) - a line spoken by a character that other characters on stage can...

Praxis 5039 Latest Update Graded A+ Allegory A story in which people things or actions represent an idea or a generalization about life allegories usually have a strong lesson or moral Alliteration Repetition up initial consonant sounds in which words, such as "Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" Allusion A reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event for example, don Juan, Brave New World, Everyman, Macahavvellian, utopia Analogy A comparison of objects or i...

Praxis 5039 Study Guide with Complete Solutions limerick light of whimsical poetry. form of five anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme of aabba alliteration repetition of initial consonant sounds anapestic meter meter that is composed of feet that are short-short long or UU/ anaphora repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of several clauses. assonance repetition of the same sound in words close to one another. caesura A pause in a line of verse, indicated by natura...

Allegory - A story in which people things or actions represent an idea or a generalization about life allegories usually have a strong lesson or moral Allegory - A story in which people things or actions represent an idea or a generalization about life allegories usually have a strong lesson or moral Alliteration - Repetition up initial consonant sounds in which words, such as "Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" Alliteration - Repetition up initial consonant sounds in which...

William Shakespeare Poet and playwright of the Renaissance period in Western culture. Plays, comedies, tragedies, tragicomedies and historical plays. William Faulkner Author of Southern literature in America based on his experience living in Mississippi during the early 20th century. Geoffrey Chaucer Medieval poet "Father of English Literature" The Canterbury Tales" portrayed life during the Middle Ages. Parlement of Foules-poem - dream vision poems Drama a piece of writing that te...

PRAXIS 2 MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (5047)-READING WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% 2023 Drama a piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage. Poetry Written in verses that may be complete sentences, clauses, or phrases. Rhyming or unrhymed verse. Poetry meter following a particular rhythmic pattern: iambic, dactylic, spondaic, trochaic, or anapestic-w/o regular meter. Also, described by the number of beats or stressed syllables per verse. Gives the poem flow...

Paradox - a contradiction or dilemma Myth - A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. Oxymoron - A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. Essay - A piece of prose writing, usually short, that deals with a subject in a limited way and expresses a particular point of view. Malapropism - the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds sim...

limerick - light of whimsical poetry. form of five anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme of aabba alliteration - repetition of initial consonant sounds anapestic meter - meter that is composed of feet that are short-short long or UU/ anaphora - repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of several clauses. assonance - repetition of the same sound in words close to one another. caesura - A pause in a line of verse, indicated by natural speech patterns rather than due to specif...

Praxis 5038 (2023/2024) Rated A+ allegory a story in which people (or things or actions) represent an idea or a generalization about life. Allegories usually have a strong lesson or moral. alliteration a repetition of initial consonant sounds in words - Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. allusion a reference toa familiar person, place, or event - for example - Don Juan, brave new world, Machiavellian, utopia analogy a comparison of objects or ideas that appear to be different but a...