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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A simple short story that is used to explain a brief - a moral - or a spiritual lesson






2. A play that uses dialogue to present its message to the audience and it meant to be performed.






3. Is a group of words that tells position - direction - or how two ideas are related to one another.






4. Occur when the adverb tells how often - when - or how long.






5. A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.






6. Is a discrepancy between the expected results and actual results.






7. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures






8. The device in which an author interrupts the story or narrative to go back and explain an earlier event or recall an earlier memory of a character.






9. Contain 2 or more single sentences which are joined by a conjunction and/or punctuation.






10. Is a scheme of how words are organized into patterns






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






12. The use of words - phrases - or other language structures that change the literal meaning.






13. A narrative in which the characters and events represent an idea or truth about life in general.






14. How the details of a narrative are placed and how transitions are made within the narrative. Helps the story to move forward.






15. The outcome of the conflict can be forecasted. This is the peak of the story and often included the greatest emotion.






16. A comparison of two unrelated objects - concepts - or ideas through the use of the words like or as. (Ex. My words trickled off my tongue like raindrops on a windshield.)






17. (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.






18. Express one complete thought.






19. Shows the action is happening now.






20. Is a word that names a person - place - thing - concept - idea - act - or characteristic. Nouns give names to everything that exists - has existed - or will exist in the world.






21. Is the perspective from which a story is told or a literary piece is written.






22. Compares 3 or more people - places - things - ideas - concepts - or characteristics. The adjective usually ends in - est.






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






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






25. A hint of clue that the author provides to the reader to suggest what will happen next of at sometime in the future in the story or narrative.






26. 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.)






27. Possess 2 or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.






28. Main problem in the story.






29. Statements or ideas that are able to be verified and supported with evidence.






30. A string of events that builds up from the conflict - when then moves toward the climax.






31. Compares 2 or more people - places - things - ideas - concepts - or characteristics. The event usually ends in - er.






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






33. Is made up of 2 or more words and is hyphenated. (Ex. The action - packed movie held my attention.)






34. Replace nouns in a sentence.






35. Are conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.






36. (extending stage) Reader delves into the text - using background knowledge to build an understanding of the literary piece with new information being absorbed and used to ask questions.






37. When the pronoun is the object of a verb or prepositional phrase.






38. Shows the action happened in the past or before (uses 'ed')






39. Connection is defined as the comparison between what is currently being read to that of other literary works that have been read in the past.






40. When the pronoun is used as the sentence's subject.






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






42. 2 vowels in which the sound begins at the first vowel and moves toward the sound of the second vowel. (Ex. snout=ou - boy=oy)






43. Compare 3 or more things.






44. 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.






45. Describe a verb - adjective - or adverb.






46. A letter or letters that represent one phoneme; the smallest meaningful unit within a writing system. (Ex. cat=/c/ /a/ /t/






47. A theme of plot the could happen in real life






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






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






50. The main idea or the fundamental meaning of literary work that can be either plainly stated or implied.






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