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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Shows comparison by the suffixes (er/est) or modifiers (more/most).






2. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).






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






4. Replace nouns in a sentence.






5. Occur when the adverb tells how often - when - or how long.






6. A literary work in which there is a downfall of the hero due to a tragic flaw or personal characteristic: often ends with an unhappy ending.






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






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






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






10. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






16. A string of events that builds up from the conflict - when then moves toward the climax.






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






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






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






20. Compare two things.






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






22. 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






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






24. The overstatement or the stretching of the truth in order to emphasize a point. (Ex. The music was so loud it shattered my eardrums.)






25. When a conjunction connects is used in pairs.






26. The sense of feeling(s) in literary works. How the author presents or selects the setting - images - objects - and words in a story.






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






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






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






30. 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).






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






32. The consonant sounds are repeated - generally at the beginning of a word or within words. (Ex. The sneaky snake was snoring loudly as she slept soundly.)






33. Is a word used to describe a noun or pronoun.






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






35. Have their own - individual form for each tense - which does not follow a pattern.






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






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






38. A character's traits are exposed by actions and speech.






39. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures






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






41. Words that have the same pronunciation and spelling - but have different meanings. (Ex. mean - rude - mean - average - or mean - define)






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






43. 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.






44. Is a specific use of language that appeals to the readers' senses. Act of forming mental pictures by the reader and to form these pictures while reading.






45. 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.






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






47. Singles out a specific noun; this that - these - those (a noun must immediately follow).






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






49. 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.






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