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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A narrative is a constructive format (as a work of speech - writing - song - film - television - video games - photography or theatre) that describes a sequence of non - fictional or fictional events.






2. When the audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know.






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. A story with an imaginary setting - plot - and characters - some of whom may have special powers






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






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






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






11. Daily communications that happen as people interact with one another in their common environment. These relations may occur in the home - at work - in school - in the community - or on the computer.






12. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative






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






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






15. Writing in which the information is presented as fact or as truth.






16. 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)






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






18. 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.






19. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures






20. Main problem in the story.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Follow a distinct pattern and are predictable






30. 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.






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






32. The conclusion of the story and the completion of all the action.






33. A story written for the purpose of performance






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






35. 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.






36. Societies must deal with people who are considered misfits - as they stray from societal norms and laws.






37. Attachment to a base or root word.






38. 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.






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






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






41. Replace nouns in a sentence.






42. 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.






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






44. A literary work that is in ordinary form and used the familiar structure of spoken language - sentence after sentence.






45. 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)






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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