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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Societies must deal with people who are considered misfits - as they stray from societal norms and laws.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. The conclusion of the story and the completion of all the action.






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






9. Describes a writer's feelings or attitudes toward the subject.






10. Daily communications that happen as people interact with one another in their common environment. These relations may occur in the home - at work - in school - in the community - or on the computer.






11. 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.






12. Express one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.






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






14. When society is faced with an issue of concern or a situation - people must cooperate and make successful responses.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. When the author says one thing and means something else






23. 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






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






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






26. A theme of plot the could happen in real life






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






28. When a conjunction connects is used in pairs.






29. Smallest meaningful unit of speech - which can no longer be divided. (Ex. in - come - on).






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






31. Characters or events trigger the central conflict






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. A story written for the purpose of performance






36. Express one complete thought.






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






38. 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.)






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






40. Follow a distinct pattern and are predictable






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






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






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.






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






45. (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.






46. 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.






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






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. 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.)






50. 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.)