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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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)






2. Is made up of 2 or more words and is hyphenated. (Ex. The action - packed movie held my attention.)






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






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






5. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative






6. Compare 3 or more things.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Replace nouns in a sentence.






20. Life is dealt with in a humorous manner - often poking fun at people's mistakes.






21. 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.)






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






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






24. 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.






25. A speech or poem spoken by one character in order to share their innermost thought and feelings - which have been hidden throughout the story






26. Shows the action is happening now.






27. 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.)






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






34. 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.






35. Main problem in the story.






36. 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.






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






38. The writer tells the story another character addressing him as 'you'. It appears to the readers as if they are the characters being told what to do and what to feel.






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






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






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






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






43. Is the feeling or attitude that is conveyed by a narrative or selection.






44. Follow a distinct pattern and are predictable






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






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






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






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






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






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.)