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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Is the perspective from which a story is told or a literary piece is written.






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. The use of conversation between characters in order to provide readers with insight in the characters' behaviors - motivations - and human interactions.






7. Includes the time - place(s) - physical details - and the circumstances or events in which a situation occurs.






8. About someone's life (written by another person)






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






10. 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)






11. The use of words - phrases - or other language structures that change the literal meaning.






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






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






14. A narrative in which the characters and events represent an idea or truth about life in general.






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






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






17. 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.






18. Focuses on a mix of reality and the imaginary.






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






20. Replace nouns in a sentence.






21. A story written in certain form or rhyme and rhythm with imagery






22. Express one complete thought.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Is a word the modifies a verb - an adjective - or an adverb. Adverbs tell how - when - where - why - how much - and how often.






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. Compare 3 or more things.






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






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






43. Connection occurs when students can relate their own lives or make very personal connections to what is currently being read.






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






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






46. 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.






47. Compare two things.






48. A story written for the purpose of performance






49. A device in which a word or phrase is used to mean the exact opposite of its normal meaning. Can also be used to show that a person - situation - statement - or circumstance is not as it usually appears.






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