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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. When the pronoun shows ownership or possession.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Compare two things.






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 2 vowels in which the sound begins at the first vowel and moves toward the sound of the second vowel. (Ex. snout=ou - boy=oy)






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






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






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






16. Follow a distinct pattern and are predictable






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






18. 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.






19. 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.)






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. A story written for the purpose of performance






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. Characters or events trigger the central conflict






41. The use of a recurring object - element - concept - word - phrase - or structure in order to draw the readers' attention to a specific point the author is trying to make.






42. 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.)






43. Introduction of the story. Reader is introduced to the setting - tone - characters - purpose if the story






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures






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






50. Is a word that shows action(s) or a state of being.