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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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.)






6. When a conjunction connects is used in pairs.






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






8. (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.






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






10. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures






11. 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.






12. The setting - time - event - and characters are based on history and facts.






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






14. Is any adjective that is not proper and in not capitalized.






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. A series of events occurring after the climax that bring the story to a conclusion






25. Replace nouns in a sentence.






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






27. Is a word or phrase used to show strong emotion or surprise. (Ex. Hey!; Oh no - a shark!)






28. Main problem in the story.






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






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






31. 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).






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






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






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






35. Shows the action is happening now.






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






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






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






39. Occur when the adverbs tells how something is done (often ends in - ly).






40. Focuses on the manner in which the writer describes - discusses - or narrates a subject.






41. 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.






42. Contains the preposition - the object of the preposition and the modifiers of the object.






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. Restating in different words






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






49. 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.)






50. An exaggeration or use of a statement that enhances the effects of the words - which may or may not be realistic. (Ex. It was such a hot summer that even the cactus was sweating.)