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Praxis Literature
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Are conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Inferences
Poetry
Exaggeration
Paraphrase
2. The conclusion of the story and the completion of all the action.
Idiom
Declarative
Plot: Resolution
Two - syllable adjective
3. Compare 3 or more things.
Superlative adverbs
Adjective
Opinion
Article
4. Is the process of understanding that letters in text represent the sounds (phonemes) in speech.
Flashback
Tone
Decoding Skills
Exaggeration
5. 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.
Communication: Deviants
Type of Lit: Realism
homonym
Pronoun
6. Refer to the specific and recognizable characteristics of the text of literary work
Literary elements
Setting
Realistic fiction
Predicate adjective
7. A story written in certain form or rhyme and rhythm with imagery
Indefinite adjective
Mood
Type of Lit: Parable
Poetry
8. Shows comparison by the suffixes (er/est) or modifiers (more/most).
Epic
Superlative adverbs
Two - syllable adjective
Alliteration
9. Is a word or phrase used to show strong emotion or surprise. (Ex. Hey!; Oh no - a shark!)
Degree adverbs
Irregular verbs
Direct presentation
Interjection
10. 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.
Type of Lit: Parable
Text - to - world (T- W
dipthong
Compound - complex sentences
11. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative
affix
Dramatic monologue
Plot
Plot: Resolution
12. 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.
Type of Lit: Short Story
Personification
Present tense
Common adjective
13. The sense of feeling(s) in literary works. How the author presents or selects the setting - images - objects - and words in a story.
Theme
Proper adjective
Type of Lit: Fable
Mood
14. 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.
Realistic fiction
Critical Analysis
Type of Lit: Tragedy
First Person
15. Uses a completely different word to express the comparison.
First Person
Personal Point of View
Irregular adjective
Irony
16. The ability to impart and share knowledge - opinions - ideas - feelings - and beliefs.
Article
Interjection
Folktales
Communication
17. Is a word used to describe a noun or pronoun.
Type of Lit: Comedy
Verb
Developing
Adjective
18. Express one complete thought.
fiction
Third Person
Point of View
Simple sentences
19. The overstatement or the stretching of the truth in order to emphasize a point. (Ex. The music was so loud it shattered my eardrums.)
Communication: Encounters
Exaggeration
Communication
First Person
20. Contains the preposition - the object of the preposition and the modifiers of the object.
non - fiction
Prepositional phrase
Plot: Rising Action
grapheme
21. Compare two things.
Literary Selections: Expository
Literary Selections: Narrative
Comparative adverbs
Interrogative
22. Express one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.
Conjunction: Coordinating
Symbol
Singular pronouns
Figurative Language
23. A word the joins together words or groups of words.
Mystery
Setting
Conjunction
Plot: Conflict
24. About the author's own personal life (written by the author)
non - fiction
Autobiography
Communication: Rituals
Plot: Types of Conflict
25. How the details of a narrative are placed and how transitions are made within the narrative. Helps the story to move forward.
Irony
Type of Lit: Short Story
Pace
Figurative Language
26. A sentence that makes a statement or tells something and ends with a period.
Compound sentences
Communication: Crisis
Imperative
Declarative
27. A literary work that is in ordinary form and used the familiar structure of spoken language - sentence after sentence.
Alliteration
Type of Lit: Prose
Type of Lit: Drama
affix
28. Smallest meaningful unit of speech - which can no longer be divided. (Ex. in - come - on).
affix
Simile
Theme
morpheme
29. Occur when the adverbs tells where - to where - or from where.
Place adverbs
Time adverbs
Type of Lit: Myth
Positive adjective
30. Is a group of words that tells position - direction - or how two ideas are related to one another.
Type of Lit: Allegory
Third Person
Plot: Rising Action
Preposition
31. Refers to the position in time and space in which an author describes his or her views or material.
Type of Lit: Allegory
Epic
Alliteration
Physical Point of View
32. A sentence that gives a command - often with you are the understood subject - and ends with a period.
Type of Lit: Parable
Fantasy
Imperative
Verbal Irony
33. Life is dealt with in a humorous manner - often poking fun at people's mistakes.
Irregular adjective
Schema
Situational Irony
Type of Lit: Comedy
34. Compares 3 or more people - places - things - ideas - concepts - or characteristics. The adjective usually ends in - est.
Alliteration
Plot: Rising Action
Simile
Superlative adjective
35. A character is portrayed by the author - the narrator - or the other characters.
Three (or more) syllable adjective
Imperative
Pace
Direct presentation
36. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).
Point of View
Personal pronouns
Article
Physical Point of View
37. 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.
Rhyme
Plot: Conflict
Third Person
Adverb
38. Combination of 2 letters possessing a single sound (Ex. head=ea - chance=ch - path=th)
Imagery
Text - to - world (T- W
fiction
digraph
39. Statements or ideas that are able to be verified and supported with evidence.
Personification
Fantasy
Fact
Type of Lit: Essay
40. 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.)
Initial
Irregular verbs
Metaphor
Singular pronouns
41. Have their own - individual form for each tense - which does not follow a pattern.
Irregular verbs
Manner adverbs
Analogy
Literary Selections: Expository
42. Describes a noun or pronoun without comparing it to anyone or anything else.
Positive adjective
Flashback
Conjunction
Type of Lit: Realism
43. Not true - imaginary - books that are not true stories - but made up ones.
Imagery
Possessive Pronoun
Fact
fiction
44. Shows the action is happening now.
Poetry
Present tense
Place adverbs
Singular pronouns
45. A string of events that builds up from the conflict - when then moves toward the climax.
Poetry
Alliteration
Plot: Rising Action
Play
46. Occur when the adverb tells how much or how little.
Conjunction: Subordinating
Compound - complex sentences
Degree adverbs
digraph
47. 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.
Plot: Resolution
Mood
Simple sentences
Noun
48. Shows the action happened in the past or before (uses 'ed')
Past tense
Type of Lit: Comedy
Alliteration
Regular verbs
49. A real concrete object that is used to represent an idea or concept
Idiom
Dramatic Irony
Symbol
Theme
50. The outcome of the conflict can be forecasted. This is the peak of the story and often included the greatest emotion.
Imperative
Plot: Climax
Reflection/response
Compound adjective