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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Attachment to a base or root word.






2. 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.






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






4. Describe a verb - adjective - or adverb.






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






6. Compares 2 or more people - places - things - ideas - concepts - or characteristics. The event usually ends in - er.






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






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






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






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






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






12. A writing in which the reality of life is shown.






13. Express one complete thought.






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






15. Replace nouns in a sentence.






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






17. Compare two things.






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






19. Tales that relate to the unknown and revealed through human or worldly dilemmas or situations that include horror - fantasy - crime - solving - secret events - and the supernatural.






20. (extending stage) Reader delves into the text - using background knowledge to build an understanding of the literary piece with new information being absorbed and used to ask questions.






21. A story written for the purpose of performance






22. Are conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.






23. The main idea or the fundamental meaning of literary work that can be either plainly stated or implied.






24. When the pronoun shows ownership or possession.






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






26. 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.)






27. 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.






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






29. A simple short story that is used to explain a brief - a moral - or a spiritual lesson






30. 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.






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






32. A word the joins together words or groups of words.






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






34. 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.






35. 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).






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






37. A hint of clue that the author provides to the reader to suggest what will happen next of at sometime in the future in the story or narrative.






38. Shows the action happened in the past or before (uses 'ed')






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Based upon a belief or a view and is not based upon evidence that can be verified.






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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)






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






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







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