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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. Compares 3 or more people - places - things - ideas - concepts - or characteristics. The adjective usually ends in - est.
Analogy
Direct presentation
Superlative adjective
Past tense
2. A comparison of two unrelated objects - concepts - or ideas through the use of the words like or as. (Ex. My words trickled off my tongue like raindrops on a windshield.)
Object Pronoun
Folktales
Simile
Possessive Pronoun
3. 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)
Metaphor
Superlative adverbs
Exaggeration
dipthong
4. 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.
Indirect presentation
Singular pronouns
dipthong
Imagery
5. Is made up of 2 or more words and is hyphenated. (Ex. The action - packed movie held my attention.)
Compound adjective
Singular pronouns
Hyperbole
Common adjective
6. An exaggeration or use of a statement that enhances the effects of the words - which may or may not be realistic. (Ex. It was such a hot summer that even the cactus was sweating.)
Situational Irony
Science fiction
digraph
Hyperbole
7. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures
Dialogue
Exclamatory
Paraphrase
Epic
8. A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Type of Lit: Tragedy
Interrogative
Three (or more) syllable adjective
Folktales
9. The use of conversation between characters in order to provide readers with insight in the characters' behaviors - motivations - and human interactions.
Dialogue
Manner adverbs
Third Person
morpheme
10. Refers to the position in time and space in which an author describes his or her views or material.
Subject Pronoun
Poetry
Plot: Inciting force
Physical Point of View
11. Is the feeling or attitude that is conveyed by a narrative or selection.
Point of View
Tone
Mystery
morpheme
12. When the pronoun shows ownership or possession.
Comparative adjective
Possessive Pronoun
Historical Fiction
Singular pronouns
13. A fictional narrative of book length in which characters and plot are developed in a somewhat realistic manner.
Communication
Type of Lit: Novel
Conjunction
Irony
14. 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.
Noun
Conjunction: Coordinating
First Person
Decoding Skills
15. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative
Complex sentences
Science fiction
Plot
non - fiction
16. Express more than one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.
Singular pronouns
Verb
Plural pronouns
Type of Lit: Allegory
17. 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.
Present tense
Flashback
Adverb
Type of Lit: Parable
18. When a conjunction connects is used in pairs.
Historical Fiction
Analogy
Plot: Conflict
Conjunction: Correlative
19. A word the joins together words or groups of words.
Plot: Resolution
Imperative
Conjunction
Article
20. Occur when the adverbs tells how something is done (often ends in - ly).
Manner adverbs
Alliteration
Noun
dipthong
21. Is a word used to describe a noun or pronoun.
phoneme
Adjective
Manner adverbs
Exaggeration
22. Occur when the adverb tells how often - when - or how long.
Text - to - text (T- T)
Reflection/response
Time adverbs
Type of Lit: Tragedy
23. About the author's own personal life (written by the author)
Onomatopoeia
Compound - complex sentences
Communication: Encounters
Autobiography
24. Is formed by a proper noun and is always capitalized.
Proper adjective
Epic
Common adjective
Irregular verbs
25. Describes a noun or pronoun without comparing it to anyone or anything else.
Literary elements
Positive adjective
Motif
Demonstrative adjective
26. Comparison of similar objects - which suggests that since the objects are similar in some ways they will probably be alike in other ways.
Compound - complex sentences
Text - to - text (T- T)
Literary Selections: Narrative
Analogy
27. Focuses on a mix of reality and the imaginary.
Science fiction
Plot: Rising Action
Theme
Dialogue
28. The overstatement or the stretching of the truth in order to emphasize a point. (Ex. The music was so loud it shattered my eardrums.)
Figurative Language
Type of Lit: Fable
Exaggeration
Pronoun
29. Is a word the modifies a verb - an adjective - or an adverb. Adverbs tell how - when - where - why - how much - and how often.
Text - to - self (T- S)
Predicate adjective
Indirect presentation
Adverb
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).
homophone
Verb
Dramatic monologue
Literary Selections: Narrative
31. Refer to the specific and recognizable characteristics of the text of literary work
Literary elements
Adverb
Type of Lit: Essay
Realistic fiction
32. 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.
Foreshadow
Plot: Types of Conflict
Communication
Type of Lit: Myth
33. Connection occurs when students can relate their own lives or make very personal connections to what is currently being read.
Interjection
Text - to - self (T- S)
Personal Point of View
Superlative adjective
34. 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.
Communication: Crisis
Plot: Types of Conflict
Motif
Past tense
35. Possess 2 or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Communication: Encounters
Critical Analysis
Compound - complex sentences
Conjunction: Subordinating
36. (examining stage) Reader reflects and reacts to the literary work by judging - evaluating - and relating to the literature.
Past tense
Present tense
Fantasy
Critical Analysis
37. Not true - imaginary - books that are not true stories - but made up ones.
Irony
fiction
Declarative
Object Pronoun
38. 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.
Declarative
Text - to - text (T- T)
Compound sentences
phoneme
39. Based upon a belief or a view and is not based upon evidence that can be verified.
Compound - complex sentences
Plot: Climax
Opinion
fiction
40. 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.)
Alliteration
Plot: Falling action
Plot: Climax
Onomatopoeia
41. Occur when the adverb tells how much or how little.
Degree adverbs
Time adverbs
Literary Selections: Expository
morpheme
42. 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.)
Declarative
Idiom
Three (or more) syllable adjective
morpheme
43. Writing in which the information is presented as fact or as truth.
non - fiction
Indefinite adjective
Possessive Pronoun
Opinion
44. A story with an imaginary setting - plot - and characters - some of whom may have special powers
Mystery
Type of Lit: Prose
Imagery
Fantasy
45. Stories passed down from generation to generation that includes fables - myths - legends - and tall tales.
Plot: Falling action
Communication
Symbol
Folktales
46. Shows comparison by the suffixes (er/est) or modifiers (more/most).
Mystery
Decoding Skills
Two - syllable adjective
Exclamatory
47. About someone's life (written by another person)
Science fiction
Biography
Text - to - self (T- S)
Critical Analysis
48. Shows that the action will happen (uses 'will')
Simile
Two - syllable adjective
Fantasy
Future tense
49. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).
Degree adverbs
Article
Plot: Falling action
Alliteration
50. Is any adjective that is not proper and in not capitalized.
Common adjective
morpheme
Critical Analysis
Type of Lit: Fable