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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures






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






3. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).






4. Connections are on a larger - broader scale - and this happens when students are able to relay what occurs in a literary work to what ensues in the world.






5. 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.






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






7. Smallest meaningful unit of speech - which can no longer be divided. (Ex. in - come - on).






8. 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.






9. Stories passed down from generation to generation that includes fables - myths - legends - and tall tales.






10. Combination of 2 letters possessing a single sound (Ex. head=ea - chance=ch - path=th)






11. A literary work in which there is a downfall of the hero due to a tragic flaw or personal characteristic: often ends with an unhappy ending.






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






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






14. Shows that the action will happen (uses 'will')






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






16. 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.






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






18. Comparison of similar objects - which suggests that since the objects are similar in some ways they will probably be alike in other ways.






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






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






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






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






23. A writing in which the reality of life is shown.






24. A non - fiction piece that is often short and used to express the writer's opinion about a topic or to share information on a subject.






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






26. A short story - often with animals as the main characters - that teachers a moral or lesson to the reader






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






28. A pair of words that when combined have the opposite meanings. (Ex. found missing - exact estimate - tragic comedy - old news - small fortune - pretty ugly - jumbo shrimp






29. The use of words that are appealing to the sense of hearing and mimic sounds that aid in the description for the reader. (Ex. boom - sizzle - tinkle - hiss - chiming - tolling - moan - groan - purr - squeak)






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






31. (examining stage) Reader reflects and reacts to the literary work by judging - evaluating - and relating to the literature.






32. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative






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






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






35. Reference or resource works - textbooks - and informational materials most often used in subject or content areas.






36. A story written for the purpose of performance






37. Is a specific use of language that appeals to the readers' senses. Act of forming mental pictures by the reader and to form these pictures while reading.






38. 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.)






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






40. (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.






41. Shows the action is happening now.






42. 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).






43. Replace nouns in a sentence.






44. 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.






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






46. (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.






47. Not true - imaginary - books that are not true stories - but made up ones.






48. 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.)






49. Distinct unit of sound found within language that helps distinguish utterances from one another.






50. 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.