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Praxis Literature
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1. (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.
Science fiction
Article
Developing
phoneme
2. Occur when the adverb tells how often - when - or how long.
grapheme
Time adverbs
Degree adverbs
Interrogative
3. Is the feeling or attitude that is conveyed by a narrative or selection.
Realistic fiction
morpheme
Biography
Tone
4. A narrative poem about historical or legendary creatures
Text - to - self (T- S)
Mystery
Simple sentences
Epic
5. Shows that the action will happen (uses 'will')
Interrogative
Future tense
Irregular adjective
homophone
6. Main problem in the story.
Type of Lit: Fable
fiction
Plot: Conflict
Compound adjective
7. Focuses on the manner in which the writer describes - discusses - or narrates a subject.
Plot
homophone
Predicate adjective
Personal Point of View
8. Singles out a specific noun; this that - these - those (a noun must immediately follow).
Demonstrative adjective
Text - to - self (T- S)
Second Person
Type of Lit: Tragedy
9. When a conjunction connects is used in pairs.
Conjunction: Correlative
fiction
Onomatopoeia
Type of Lit: Prose
10. Shows comparison by the suffixes (er/est) or modifiers (more/most).
Type of Lit: Myth
homophone
Two - syllable adjective
Analogy
11. The main idea or the fundamental meaning of literary work that can be either plainly stated or implied.
Setting
Motif
Comparative adverbs
Theme
12. Smallest meaningful unit of speech - which can no longer be divided. (Ex. in - come - on).
morpheme
Type of Lit: Tragedy
Folktales
Reflection/response
13. How the details of a narrative are placed and how transitions are made within the narrative. Helps the story to move forward.
Pace
Indirect presentation
digraph
Type of Lit: Realism
14. The writer tells the story another character addressing him as 'you'. It appears to the readers as if they are the characters being told what to do and what to feel.
phoneme
Adjective
Conjunction: Subordinating
Second Person
15. A fictional narrative of book length in which characters and plot are developed in a somewhat realistic manner.
Type of Lit: Novel
Onomatopoeia
Three (or more) syllable adjective
Point of View
16. About the author's own personal life (written by the author)
affix
Autobiography
Symbol
Point of View
17. Restating in different words
Analogy
Decoding Skills
Conjunction: Coordinating
Paraphrase
18. 1. Man vs. Man - One person is against another.2. Man vs. Nature - A person(s) battles with forces of nature.3. Man vs. Society - Societal values (customs) are challenged by person(s).4. Man vs. Self - Internal struggles - or test of values of a char
Plot: Types of Conflict
Declarative
Text - to - world (T- W
Communication: Crisis
19. A speech or poem spoken by one character in order to share their innermost thought and feelings - which have been hidden throughout the story
Type of Lit: Comedy
Dramatic monologue
Comparative adverbs
Adjective
20. 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)
Verbal Irony
Demonstrative adjective
Dramatic monologue
dipthong
21. Uses a completely different word to express the comparison.
Historical Fiction
Flashback
Irregular adjective
Complex sentences
22. Is a word the modifies a verb - an adjective - or an adverb. Adverbs tell how - when - where - why - how much - and how often.
Symbol
Superlative adjective
Play
Adverb
23. 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.
Mystery
Literary Selections: Narrative
Text - to - text (T- T)
Dramatic Irony
24. Compare 3 or more things.
Fantasy
Type of Lit: Fable
Superlative adverbs
Direct presentation
25. A story written for the purpose of performance
Oxymoron
Verb
Plot: Exposition
Play
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.
Indefinite adjective
Metaphor
Verbal Irony
Communication: Encounters
27. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).
Article
Personal pronouns
Type of Lit: Allegory
Plot: Exposition
28. Based upon a belief or a view and is not based upon evidence that can be verified.
Folktales
Fact
Opinion
Object Pronoun
29. The sense of feeling(s) in literary works. How the author presents or selects the setting - images - objects - and words in a story.
Point of View
Mood
Rhyme
Plot: Falling action
30. Is a discrepancy between the expected results and actual results.
Communication: Rituals
Plot: Types of Conflict
Communication: Encounters
Situational Irony
31. 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.
Dramatic monologue
Fantasy
Communication: Rituals
Figurative Language
32. A narrative in which the characters and events represent an idea or truth about life in general.
Type of Lit: Allegory
Irony
Autobiography
Epic
33. Is a word that shows action(s) or a state of being.
Situational Irony
Motif
Verb
Type of Lit: Prose
34. Includes the time - place(s) - physical details - and the circumstances or events in which a situation occurs.
Plot: Types of Conflict
Conjunction: Correlative
Plot: Rising Action
Setting
35. The setting - time - event - and characters are based on history and facts.
Declarative
Historical Fiction
Tone
Plot: Inciting force
36. 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.
Reflection/response
Imperative
Mood
Text - to - text (T- T)
37. The ability to impart and share knowledge - opinions - ideas - feelings - and beliefs.
Historical Fiction
Hyperbole
Communication
Plot: Conflict
38. Are conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Mystery
Inferences
Folktales
Fact
39. 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.
Imagery
First Person
Demonstrative adjective
Flashback
40. About someone's life (written by another person)
Article
Positive adverbs
Communication: Crisis
Biography
41. A literary work that is in ordinary form and used the familiar structure of spoken language - sentence after sentence.
Type of Lit: Short Story
Degree adverbs
Type of Lit: Prose
Irony
42. A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Opinion
digraph
Interrogative
Biography
43. Have their own - individual form for each tense - which does not follow a pattern.
Biography
Adjective
Communication
Irregular verbs
44. Compare two things.
Pronoun
Compound adjective
Comparative adverbs
Type of Lit: Novel
45. 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.
Figurative Language
Present tense
Imagery
homophone
46. A theme of plot the could happen in real life
Realistic fiction
morpheme
Analogy
Compound - complex sentences
47. Is made up of 2 or more words and is hyphenated. (Ex. The action - packed movie held my attention.)
Literary Selections: Expository
Compound adjective
Epic
Direct presentation
48. A play that uses dialogue to present its message to the audience and it meant to be performed.
Conjunction
Type of Lit: Drama
Type of Lit: Essay
Reflection/response
49. A story with an imaginary setting - plot - and characters - some of whom may have special powers
Positive adjective
Irregular adjective
Opinion
Fantasy
50. A sentence that makes a statement or tells something and ends with a period.
Positive adverbs
Past tense
Declarative
Predicate adjective
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