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Praxis Literature
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1. A letter or letters that represent one phoneme; the smallest meaningful unit within a writing system. (Ex. cat=/c/ /a/ /t/
Communication: Deviants
Decoding Skills
grapheme
Demonstrative adjective
2. Smallest meaningful unit of speech - which can no longer be divided. (Ex. in - come - on).
morpheme
Communication: Deviants
Schema
Rhyme
3. (construction stage) Reader has contact with content - structure - genre - and the language of the text - using prior knowledge to build an understanding of the elements.
Initial
Adverb
Play
Present tense
4. Is a group of words that tells position - direction - or how two ideas are related to one another.
Exaggeration
Simile
Conjunction: Correlative
Preposition
5. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).
Type of Lit: Myth
Article
Hyperbole
Simple sentences
6. Reference or resource works - textbooks - and informational materials most often used in subject or content areas.
Dramatic Irony
Text - to - world (T- W
Symbol
Literary Selections: Expository
7. Writing in which the information is presented as fact or as truth.
Figurative Language
Interrogative
Text - to - text (T- T)
non - fiction
8. A play that uses dialogue to present its message to the audience and it meant to be performed.
homophone
Type of Lit: Drama
Article
Reflection/response
9. Is a word or phrase used to show strong emotion or surprise. (Ex. Hey!; Oh no - a shark!)
Type of Lit: Realism
Interjection
Fact
Poetry
10. The outcome of the conflict can be forecasted. This is the peak of the story and often included the greatest emotion.
fiction
Plot: Climax
Exclamatory
Literary Selections: Narrative
11. 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)
Exaggeration
Hyperbole
dipthong
Dialogue
12. When the pronoun shows ownership or possession.
affix
Onomatopoeia
Figurative Language
Possessive Pronoun
13. 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.
Communication: Crisis
Type of Lit: Parable
Irony
Compound adjective
14. 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
First Person
Poetry
Type of Lit: Prose
Oxymoron
15. When a conjunction joins a word to a word - a phrase to a phrase - or a clause to a clause; the words or phrases or clauses joined must be equal or of the same type.
Conjunction: Coordinating
Adverb
Literary Selections: Narrative
Paraphrase
16. 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)
Declarative
Onomatopoeia
Decoding Skills
homonym
17. 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).
Situational Irony
homophone
Communication: Encounters
affix
18. A sentence that makes a statement or tells something and ends with a period.
Declarative
homonym
Personification
Comparative adverbs
19. Is a scheme of how words are organized into patterns
dipthong
Indirect presentation
Indefinite adjective
Rhyme
20. Shows the action happened in the past or before (uses 'ed')
Past tense
phoneme
Communication: Encounters
Epic
21. Gives the reader approximate information and does not tell exactly how much or how many.
non - fiction
Verb
Indefinite adjective
Motif
22. A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Personification
Mood
Symbol
Interrogative
23. The use of words - phrases - or other language structures that change the literal meaning.
Three (or more) syllable adjective
Communication: Rituals
Figurative Language
Opinion
24. The use of descriptive works in such a way as to give human characteristics to a nonhuman thing such as an object - idea or animal. (Ex. The dog danced with joy when she was given a bone.)
Plot
Historical Fiction
Personification
Conjunction
25. Replace nouns in a sentence.
Plot: Climax
Indirect presentation
Personal pronouns
Preposition
26. 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.
Hyperbole
Demonstrative adjective
Communication: Encounters
Communication: Crisis
27. 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.
Critical Analysis
Interjection
Physical Point of View
Text - to - text (T- T)
28. A series of events occurring after the climax that bring the story to a conclusion
Plot: Falling action
Communication: Crisis
Indirect presentation
Type of Lit: Fable
29. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures
Personal pronouns
Type of Lit: Drama
Epic
Reflection/response
30. 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.
Initial
Opinion
Pronoun
Compound sentences
31. Are conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Complex sentences
Foreshadow
Positive adverbs
Inferences
32. Is a discrepancy between the expected results and actual results.
Plot: Climax
Foreshadow
Situational Irony
Literary Selections: Narrative
33. 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.
Decoding Skills
Object Pronoun
Superlative adverbs
Third Person
34. Is the process of understanding that letters in text represent the sounds (phonemes) in speech.
Interrogative
Type of Lit: Prose
Poetry
Decoding Skills
35. Express more than one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.
Irony
Subject Pronoun
Plural pronouns
Declarative
36. 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.)
phoneme
Superlative adverbs
Decoding Skills
Alliteration
37. A theme of plot the could happen in real life
Indefinite adjective
Text - to - self (T- S)
Realistic fiction
Plot: Falling action
38. The setting - time - event - and characters are based on history and facts.
Historical Fiction
Two - syllable adjective
Schema
Communication: Encounters
39. 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.
Demonstrative adjective
Compound adjective
Adjective
Motif
40. Is a word used to describe a noun or pronoun.
Imperative
Text - to - self (T- S)
Adverb
Adjective
41. A writing in which the reality of life is shown.
Type of Lit: Realism
Superlative adjective
Dialogue
Personal pronouns
42. A sentence that gives a command - often with you are the understood subject - and ends with a period.
Adverb
Conjunction
Imperative
Interrogative
43. Describe a verb - adjective - or adverb.
homonym
Plot: Rising Action
Demonstrative adjective
Positive adverbs
44. Occur when the adverbs tells where - to where - or from where.
Place adverbs
Exaggeration
Communication
Verb
45. Stories passed down from generation to generation that includes fables - myths - legends - and tall tales.
Decoding Skills
dipthong
Folktales
Article
46. Connection occurs when students can relate their own lives or make very personal connections to what is currently being read.
Exaggeration
Text - to - self (T- S)
Type of Lit: Novel
Conjunction: Correlative
47. Attachment to a base or root word.
affix
Plot: Types of Conflict
Literary elements
Motif
48. How the details of a narrative are placed and how transitions are made within the narrative. Helps the story to move forward.
Mood
Comparative adjective
Pace
Type of Lit: Short Story
49. Restating in different words
morpheme
Paraphrase
Text - to - text (T- T)
fiction
50. 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.
Text - to - text (T- T)
Type of Lit: Tragedy
Superlative adverbs
Figurative Language
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