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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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.






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






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






4. Shows the action is happening now.






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






6. (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.






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.)






15. 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.






16. Requires the words more/most of less/least to express comparison.






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. A real concrete object that is used to represent an idea or concept






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






25. A fictional narrative of book length in which characters and plot are developed in a somewhat realistic manner.






26. Replace nouns in a sentence.






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






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






29. A narrative that can be read in one sitting. Has few characters and often one conflict. Characters go through some type of change by the end of the story.






30. The background knowledge or experiences that students may bring with them into the reading of a text.






31. A character is portrayed by the author - the narrator - or the other characters.






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






33. A figure of speech used as a comparison of two unrelated objects - concepts - or ideas without using the words like or as. (Ex. The girl was a hog when it came to ice cream.)






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






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






36. 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.






37. A character's traits are exposed by actions and speech.






38. 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.






39. 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






40. Describes a noun or pronoun without comparing it to anyone or anything else.






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






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






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






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






45. A speech or poem spoken by one character in order to share their innermost thought and feelings - which have been hidden throughout the story






46. The writer tells the story another character addressing him as 'you'. It appears to the readers as if they are the characters being told what to do and what to feel.






47. Restating in different words






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






49. 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.






50. Express one complete thought.






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