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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
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1. 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.






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






3. Main problem in the story.






4. 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.)






5. 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.






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






7. When a conjunction connects two clauses that are not equal or the same type; it connects a dependent to an independent clause.






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






9. 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.






10. Shows comparison by the suffixes (er/est) or modifiers (more/most).






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






12. Societies must deal with people who are considered misfits - as they stray from societal norms and laws.






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






14. The ability to impart and share knowledge - opinions - ideas - feelings - and beliefs.






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






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






17. Contains the preposition - the object of the preposition and the modifiers of the object.






18. Occur when the adverbs tells how something is done (often ends in - ly).






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






20. Is formed by a proper noun and is always capitalized.






21. When the pronoun is used as the sentence's subject.






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






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. Attachment to a base or root word.






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






31. Characters or events trigger the central conflict






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






33. Shows the action is happening now.






34. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative






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






36. 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).






37. A sentence that gives a command - often with you are the understood subject - and ends with a period.






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. A story with an imaginary setting - plot - and characters - some of whom may have special powers






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






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






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






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






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






50. Follows a linking verb and describes the subject.