5047 ELA Praxis Practice for Praxis II Test

Malapropism an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound. "I am not under the affluence of alcohol." Sonnet a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet. Historical fiction the genre of literature, film, etc., comprising narratives that take place in the past and are characterized chiefly by an imaginative reconstruction of historical events and personages. Ballad any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. 2. A simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing. 3. Any poem written in similar style. 4. The music for a ballad. 5. A sentimental or romantic popular song. Satire the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. A literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3. A literary genre comprising such compositions. Realism a manner of treating subject matter that presents a careful description of everyday life, usually of the lower and middle classes. B. A theory of writing in which the ordinary, familiar, or mundane aspects of life are represented in a straightforward or matter-of-fact manner that is presumed to reflect life as it actually is. Compare naturalism ( def 1b ) . Louisa May Alcott American novelist whose major works (1860) include: "Little Women," "Little Men," "Flower Fables," "Moods." Used pen name A. M. Barnard