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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Societies must deal with people who are considered misfits - as they stray from societal norms and laws.






2. 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.






3. Compare 3 or more things.






4. 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.)






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






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






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






8. Express one complete thought.






9. 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.)






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Follows a linking verb and describes the subject.






15. Compares 3 or more people - places - things - ideas - concepts - or characteristics. The adjective usually ends in - est.






16. Describe a verb - adjective - or adverb.






17. A series of events occurring after the climax that bring the story to a conclusion






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. Characters or events trigger the central conflict






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






24. (extension of reading stage) Reader used text knowledge to connect to personal knowledge of the reader's life - the lives of others - and the human condition.






25. When a conjunction connects is used in pairs.






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






27. Attachment to a base or root word.






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






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






30. Life is dealt with in a humorous manner - often poking fun at people's mistakes.






31. Comparison of similar objects - which suggests that since the objects are similar in some ways they will probably be alike in other ways.






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






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






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






35. Follow a distinct pattern and are predictable






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






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






38. Is a group of words that tells position - direction - or how two ideas are related to one another.






39. The outcome of the conflict can be forecasted. This is the peak of the story and often included the greatest emotion.






40. Shows that the action will happen (uses 'will')






41. Compare two things.






42. (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.






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






44. 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.






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






46. Express more than one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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