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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When society is faced with an issue of concern or a situation - people must cooperate and make successful responses.






2. 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.)






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






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






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






6. Shows the action is happening now.






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. About the author's own personal life (written by the author)






13. Follow a distinct pattern and are predictable






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Is a scheme of how words are organized into patterns






24. A short story - often with animals as the main characters - that teachers a moral or lesson to the reader






25. A sentence that makes a statement or tells something and ends with a period.






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Occur when the adverb tells how often - when - or how long.






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






33. A story written for the purpose of performance






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






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






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






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






38. Characters or events trigger the central conflict






39. Have 1 independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.






40. Attachment to a base or root word.






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. (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.






48. Is a word used to describe a noun or pronoun.






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






50. 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.