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Praxis Literature
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1. A sentence that makes a statement or tells something and ends with a period.
Declarative
Imperative
Future tense
Pace
2. When the pronoun shows ownership or possession.
Superlative adjective
Type of Lit: Myth
Possessive Pronoun
Pronoun
3. The conclusion of the story and the completion of all the action.
Mood
Plot: Resolution
Personal Point of View
Three (or more) syllable adjective
4. 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.
Communication: Rituals
Irony
Simple sentences
Irregular adjective
5. Connection occurs when students can relate their own lives or make very personal connections to what is currently being read.
Text - to - self (T- S)
Article
Figurative Language
Interrogative
6. The use of conversation between characters in order to provide readers with insight in the characters' behaviors - motivations - and human interactions.
Plot
Dialogue
Science fiction
Predicate adjective
7. Is a group of words that tells position - direction - or how two ideas are related to one another.
Personal pronouns
Compound sentences
Preposition
Interrogative
8. 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.)
Reflection/response
Type of Lit: Comedy
Article
Personification
9. Describe a verb - adjective - or adverb.
Setting
Dramatic monologue
Positive adverbs
Indefinite adjective
10. The background knowledge or experiences that students may bring with them into the reading of a text.
Compound - complex sentences
Predicate adjective
Schema
Present tense
11. Statements or ideas that are able to be verified and supported with evidence.
Science fiction
Fact
Compound adjective
Superlative adverbs
12. Are conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Inferences
Text - to - self (T- S)
Simple sentences
Pace
13. 1. Man vs. Man - One person is against another.2. Man vs. Nature - A person(s) battles with forces of nature.3. Man vs. Society - Societal values (customs) are challenged by person(s).4. Man vs. Self - Internal struggles - or test of values of a char
Manner adverbs
morpheme
Communication: Rituals
Plot: Types of Conflict
14. The author tells the story from an outside voice. The narrator is not one of the characters in the story but informs the reader about the characters.
Type of Lit: Realism
Third Person
Object Pronoun
Simile
15. Life is dealt with in a humorous manner - often poking fun at people's mistakes.
Interrogative
Third Person
Indefinite adjective
Type of Lit: Comedy
16. Refer to the specific and recognizable characteristics of the text of literary work
phoneme
Interjection
Compound - complex sentences
Literary elements
17. A narrative in which the characters and events represent an idea or truth about life in general.
Comparative adjective
Irony
Dialogue
Type of Lit: Allegory
18. Introduction of the story. Reader is introduced to the setting - tone - characters - purpose if the story
Adjective
Three (or more) syllable adjective
Plot: Exposition
First Person
19. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative
Science fiction
Plot
Three (or more) syllable adjective
Alliteration
20. The main idea or the fundamental meaning of literary work that can be either plainly stated or implied.
Theme
Type of Lit: Prose
Communication: Crisis
Type of Lit: Short Story
21. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).
Initial
Article
Irregular adjective
Adverb
22. 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.)
Plot: Inciting force
non - fiction
Simile
Foreshadow
23. Focuses on the manner in which the writer describes - discusses - or narrates a subject.
grapheme
Personal Point of View
Possessive Pronoun
Verbal Irony
24. Societies must deal with people who are considered misfits - as they stray from societal norms and laws.
Fact
Possessive Pronoun
Communication: Deviants
Superlative adverbs
25. Describes a noun or pronoun without comparing it to anyone or anything else.
Positive adjective
Plot: Types of Conflict
Superlative adjective
Plot: Climax
26. Is the feeling or attitude that is conveyed by a narrative or selection.
Object Pronoun
Tone
Comparative adverbs
homophone
27. A string of events that builds up from the conflict - when then moves toward the climax.
Type of Lit: Allegory
Plot: Rising Action
Decoding Skills
Communication: Crisis
28. A character is portrayed by the author - the narrator - or the other characters.
Historical Fiction
Direct presentation
Present tense
Irregular adjective
29. A play that uses dialogue to present its message to the audience and it meant to be performed.
Type of Lit: Fable
Subject Pronoun
Type of Lit: Drama
Adjective
30. 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.
Conjunction: Subordinating
Mental Point of View
Type of Lit: Myth
Dramatic monologue
31. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures
Exclamatory
Object Pronoun
Singular pronouns
Epic
32. Characters or events trigger the central conflict
Reflection/response
Plot: Inciting force
Noun
Future tense
33. 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.
non - fiction
Noun
Type of Lit: Allegory
Literary Selections: Expository
34. 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.
Point of View
Complex sentences
First Person
Adverb
35. Uses a completely different word to express the comparison.
Plot: Conflict
Irregular adjective
Indefinite adjective
Theme
36. Is formed by a proper noun and is always capitalized.
grapheme
Three (or more) syllable adjective
Preposition
Proper adjective
37. The ability to impart and share knowledge - opinions - ideas - feelings - and beliefs.
dipthong
Type of Lit: Comedy
Communication
Alliteration
38. 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.
Text - to - text (T- T)
Type of Lit: Comedy
Tone
Reflection/response
39. When a conjunction connects is used in pairs.
Poetry
Conjunction: Correlative
Type of Lit: Myth
Figurative Language
40. 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.
Metaphor
Science fiction
Conjunction: Coordinating
Theme
41. Have 1 independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
fiction
Third Person
Complex sentences
Common adjective
42. Includes the time - place(s) - physical details - and the circumstances or events in which a situation occurs.
Type of Lit: Myth
Flashback
Imperative
Setting
43. These communications occur as part of a tradition - or established meeting or time when certain groups come together for discussions or in response to activities.
Type of Lit: Novel
Communication: Rituals
Adverb
Dialogue
44. Refers to the position in time and space in which an author describes his or her views or material.
Pace
Comparative adjective
Communication: Crisis
Physical Point of View
45. Distinct unit of sound found within language that helps distinguish utterances from one another.
phoneme
Decoding Skills
Plot: Conflict
Adjective
46. A story written in certain form or rhyme and rhythm with imagery
Mental Point of View
Mystery
Poetry
Personification
47. A literary work that is in ordinary form and used the familiar structure of spoken language - sentence after sentence.
Situational Irony
Interrogative
Conjunction
Type of Lit: Prose
48. A story with an imaginary setting - plot - and characters - some of whom may have special powers
Article
Conjunction: Correlative
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
49. When the pronoun is used as the sentence's subject.
Second Person
Subject Pronoun
Analogy
Type of Lit: Drama
50. A simple short story that is used to explain a brief - a moral - or a spiritual lesson
Type of Lit: Parable
Prepositional phrase
Fantasy
Type of Lit: Realism
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