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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. Shows the action is happening now.






2. 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.






3. 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.)






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






5. Compare two things.






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






7. 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.






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






9. When a conjunction connects is used in pairs.






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






11. A real concrete object that is used to represent an idea or concept






12. 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






13. Attachment to a base or root word.






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






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






16. 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.)






17. 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.






18. Describe a verb - adjective - or adverb.






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






20. The use of words - phrases - or other language structures that change the literal meaning.






21. A speech or poem spoken by one character in order to share their innermost thought and feelings - which have been hidden throughout the story






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






23. 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.






24. Combination of 2 letters possessing a single sound (Ex. head=ea - chance=ch - path=th)






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






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






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






28. (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.






29. (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.






30. The overstatement or the stretching of the truth in order to emphasize a point. (Ex. The music was so loud it shattered my eardrums.)






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






32. 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).






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






34. 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.






35. A non - fiction piece that is often short and used to express the writer's opinion about a topic or to share information on a subject.






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






37. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative






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






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






40. Characters or events trigger the central conflict






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






42. (examining stage) Reader reflects and reacts to the literary work by judging - evaluating - and relating to the literature.






43. A narrative is a constructive format (as a work of speech - writing - song - film - television - video games - photography or theatre) that describes a sequence of non - fictional or fictional events.






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






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






46. When the pronoun shows ownership or possession.






47. Refer to the specific and recognizable characteristics of the text of literary work






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






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






50. 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.






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