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Praxis Literature
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1. 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.
Text - to - world (T- W
Realistic fiction
Interjection
Fact
2. Not true - imaginary - books that are not true stories - but made up ones.
Communication
Realistic fiction
fiction
Noun
3. Occur when the adverb tells how much or how little.
digraph
Degree adverbs
Proper adjective
Epic
4. (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.
Degree adverbs
non - fiction
Exclamatory
Reflection/response
5. Occur when the adverbs tells where - to where - or from where.
Place adverbs
Setting
Adverb
Foreshadow
6. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative
Plot
Article
Two - syllable adjective
Singular pronouns
7. 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.)
Metaphor
Alliteration
Tone
Personal Point of View
8. Compares 2 or more people - places - things - ideas - concepts - or characteristics. The event usually ends in - er.
Irony
Preposition
Comparative adjective
Two - syllable adjective
9. When the author says one thing and means something else
Onomatopoeia
Plot: Rising Action
Verbal Irony
Plot: Resolution
10. A letter or letters that represent one phoneme; the smallest meaningful unit within a writing system. (Ex. cat=/c/ /a/ /t/
morpheme
grapheme
Place adverbs
Verbal Irony
11. Is a scheme of how words are organized into patterns
phoneme
Rhyme
Two - syllable adjective
Imagery
12. 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.
fiction
Literary Selections: Narrative
Situational Irony
Type of Lit: Short Story
13. When the pronoun is the object of a verb or prepositional phrase.
Reflection/response
Preposition
Object Pronoun
Type of Lit: Short Story
14. Shows the action is happening now.
homophone
Type of Lit: Fable
Present tense
Proper adjective
15. 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.
dipthong
Mental Point of View
Mystery
Fantasy
16. Contains the preposition - the object of the preposition and the modifiers of the object.
Communication: Rituals
Exaggeration
Schema
Prepositional phrase
17. Refers to the position in time and space in which an author describes his or her views or material.
Communication: Encounters
Theme
Physical Point of View
Mystery
18. The sense of feeling(s) in literary works. How the author presents or selects the setting - images - objects - and words in a story.
Adverb
Type of Lit: Allegory
Metaphor
Mood
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.
Symbol
Object Pronoun
Pronoun
Hyperbole
20. 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
Schema
Subject Pronoun
Simple sentences
Oxymoron
21. A story with an imaginary setting - plot - and characters - some of whom may have special powers
Motif
Type of Lit: Drama
Fantasy
Place adverbs
22. The conclusion of the story and the completion of all the action.
Subject Pronoun
Plot: Resolution
Superlative adjective
Plot: Conflict
23. A character is portrayed by the author - the narrator - or the other characters.
Preposition
Past tense
Direct presentation
Conjunction: Subordinating
24. A fictional narrative of book length in which characters and plot are developed in a somewhat realistic manner.
Type of Lit: Novel
Subject Pronoun
Theme
Literary Selections: Expository
25. Smallest meaningful unit of speech - which can no longer be divided. (Ex. in - come - on).
Irony
Manner adverbs
morpheme
non - fiction
26. A story written in certain form or rhyme and rhythm with imagery
Poetry
Theme
Comparative adjective
Prepositional phrase
27. 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.
Type of Lit: Myth
Plot: Inciting force
Text - to - world (T- W
Type of Lit: Novel
28. 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.
dipthong
Conjunction: Coordinating
Compound sentences
Onomatopoeia
29. A group of words with a special - more figurative meaning instead of the literal meaning. (Ex. Charlie planned a presentation on water resources - but jack stole his thunder when he told the boss it was his idea.)
Three (or more) syllable adjective
Idiom
Motif
Mystery
30. Possess 2 or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Type of Lit: Tragedy
Conjunction: Subordinating
Manner adverbs
Compound - complex sentences
31. Express more than one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.
Biography
Plural pronouns
Indirect presentation
Pronoun
32. When the audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know.
Analogy
Dramatic Irony
Noun
Second Person
33. Describe a verb - adjective - or adverb.
Demonstrative adjective
Positive adverbs
Personal Point of View
Decoding Skills
34. 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: Conflict
Critical Analysis
Simile
Type of Lit: Allegory
35. A short story - often with animals as the main characters - that teachers a moral or lesson to the reader
Compound adjective
Epic
Type of Lit: Fable
Demonstrative adjective
36. Societies must deal with people who are considered misfits - as they stray from societal norms and laws.
Imagery
Type of Lit: Short Story
Article
Communication: Deviants
37. Follows a linking verb and describes the subject.
Initial
Positive adjective
Plot: Types of Conflict
Predicate adjective
38. A simple short story that is used to explain a brief - a moral - or a spiritual lesson
Verbal Irony
Symbol
Hyperbole
Type of Lit: Parable
39. A series of events occurring after the climax that bring the story to a conclusion
Alliteration
Declarative
Plot: Falling action
Preposition
40. 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)
Irony
dipthong
Type of Lit: Tragedy
Analogy
41. Is a group of words that tells position - direction - or how two ideas are related to one another.
Initial
Preposition
Simile
Common adjective
42. The ability to impart and share knowledge - opinions - ideas - feelings - and beliefs.
Communication
Preposition
Superlative adverbs
Hyperbole
43. 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.
morpheme
Flashback
Type of Lit: Short Story
Theme
44. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).
Simile
Compound - complex sentences
fiction
Article
45. 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.
Developing
Type of Lit: Short Story
Type of Lit: Tragedy
Literary Selections: Narrative
46. 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.
Type of Lit: Essay
Pace
Plot: Resolution
Adjective
47. The overstatement or the stretching of the truth in order to emphasize a point. (Ex. The music was so loud it shattered my eardrums.)
Exaggeration
Alliteration
Imagery
Theme
48. A real concrete object that is used to represent an idea or concept
Noun
Symbol
First Person
Type of Lit: Novel
49. A sentence that gives a command - often with you are the understood subject - and ends with a period.
Poetry
homophone
Type of Lit: Tragedy
Imperative
50. A speech or poem spoken by one character in order to share their innermost thought and feelings - which have been hidden throughout the story
Interjection
Conjunction
Dramatic monologue
Historical Fiction
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