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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Societies must deal with people who are considered misfits - as they stray from societal norms and laws.






2. The consonant sounds are repeated - generally at the beginning of a word or within words. (Ex. The sneaky snake was snoring loudly as she slept soundly.)






3. A story that was created to explain some natural force of nature - religious belief - or social phenomenon. The gods and goddesses have supernatural powers but the human characters often do not.






4. Have their own - individual form for each tense - which does not follow a pattern.






5. Occur when the adverbs tells where - to where - or from where.






6. Tales that relate to the unknown and revealed through human or worldly dilemmas or situations that include horror - fantasy - crime - solving - secret events - and the supernatural.






7. Gives the reader approximate information and does not tell exactly how much or how many.






8. Words that have the same pronunciation and spelling - but have different meanings. (Ex. mean - rude - mean - average - or mean - define)






9. The author takes the point of view of a character providing personal thoughts or feelings and shares what other characters do and say. This is the 'I' narrative.






10. A simple short story that is used to explain a brief - a moral - or a spiritual lesson






11. Uses a completely different word to express the comparison.






12. Refer to the specific and recognizable characteristics of the text of literary work






13. Refers to the position in time and space in which an author describes his or her views or material.






14. Life is dealt with in a humorous manner - often poking fun at people's mistakes.






15. When the author says one thing and means something else






16. Based upon a belief or a view and is not based upon evidence that can be verified.






17. Express one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.






18. Shows the action is happening now.






19. Follow a distinct pattern and are predictable






20. (construction stage) Reader has contact with content - structure - genre - and the language of the text - using prior knowledge to build an understanding of the elements.






21. Is any adjective that is not proper and in not capitalized.






22. Words that are spelled differently - pronounced identically - but have different meanings. (Ex. two - too - to; isle - aisle; ball - bawl; sweet - suite; here - hear; pair - pear; pain - pane).






23. A sentence that gives a command - often with you are the understood subject - and ends with a period.






24. An exaggeration or use of a statement that enhances the effects of the words - which may or may not be realistic. (Ex. It was such a hot summer that even the cactus was sweating.)






25. A sentence that makes a statement or tells something and ends with a period.






26. Follows a linking verb and describes the subject.






27. Shows comparison by the suffixes (er/est) or modifiers (more/most).






28. Restating in different words






29. When a conjunction connects two clauses that are not equal or the same type; it connects a dependent to an independent clause.






30. A story written in certain form or rhyme and rhythm with imagery






31. Is a word or phrase used to show strong emotion or surprise. (Ex. Hey!; Oh no - a shark!)






32. About the author's own personal life (written by the author)






33. The sense of feeling(s) in literary works. How the author presents or selects the setting - images - objects - and words in a story.






34. Is the process of understanding that letters in text represent the sounds (phonemes) in speech.






35. Occur when the adverb tells how much or how little.






36. The use of descriptive works in such a way as to give human characteristics to a nonhuman thing such as an object - idea or animal. (Ex. The dog danced with joy when she was given a bone.)






37. The setting - time - event - and characters are based on history and facts.






38. A word the joins together words or groups of words.






39. Have 1 independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






40. A device in which a word or phrase is used to mean the exact opposite of its normal meaning. Can also be used to show that a person - situation - statement - or circumstance is not as it usually appears.






41. Express more than one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.






42. (extension of reading stage) Reader used text knowledge to connect to personal knowledge of the reader's life - the lives of others - and the human condition.






43. When society is faced with an issue of concern or a situation - people must cooperate and make successful responses.






44. A sentence that expresses strong feeling or shows surprise and ends with an exclamation point.






45. When a conjunction joins a word to a word - a phrase to a phrase - or a clause to a clause; the words or phrases or clauses joined must be equal or of the same type.






46. The ability to impart and share knowledge - opinions - ideas - feelings - and beliefs.






47. Singles out a specific noun; this that - these - those (a noun must immediately follow).






48. Is a word used in place of or to replace a noun. Pronouns include: I - me - myself - you - yours - yourself - we - us - ours - he - she - his - her - hers - they - their - theirs - it - its.






49. Is a word that shows action(s) or a state of being.






50. About someone's life (written by another person)