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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
Instructions:
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1. Describe a verb - adjective - or adverb.






2. Possess 2 or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.






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






4. The background knowledge or experiences that students may bring with them into the reading of a text.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Refers to the position in time and space in which an author describes his or her views or material.






12. 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.






13. The setting - time - event - and characters are based on history and facts.






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






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






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






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






18. Is a discrepancy between the expected results and actual results.






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. Reference or resource works - textbooks - and informational materials most often used in subject or content areas.






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Characters or events trigger the central conflict






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






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






30. Attachment to a base or root word.






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






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






33. Is a word or phrase used to show strong emotion or surprise. (Ex. Hey!; Oh no - a shark!)






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.)






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






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






42. Restating in different words






43. 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).






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Follows a linking verb and describes the subject.






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