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Praxis Literature
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1. Are conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Symbol
Mental Point of View
Inferences
Mood
2. Words that have the same pronunciation and spelling - but have different meanings. (Ex. mean - rude - mean - average - or mean - define)
Possessive Pronoun
Regular verbs
homonym
Text - to - text (T- T)
3. Shows the action is happening now.
Place adverbs
Exclamatory
Present tense
Physical Point of View
4. Is made up of 2 or more words and is hyphenated. (Ex. The action - packed movie held my attention.)
Compound adjective
Comparative adverbs
Declarative
Conjunction: Subordinating
5. Have their own - individual form for each tense - which does not follow a pattern.
Irregular verbs
Imperative
Simile
Compound - complex sentences
6. A writing in which the reality of life is shown.
Opinion
Developing
Conjunction: Coordinating
Type of Lit: Realism
7. Occur when the adverb tells how often - when - or how long.
Declarative
Time adverbs
grapheme
Irregular verbs
8. Main problem in the story.
Plot: Conflict
Common adjective
Future tense
Initial
9. Refers to the position in time and space in which an author describes his or her views or material.
Realistic fiction
Foreshadow
Physical Point of View
Subject Pronoun
10. 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).
Initial
Adjective
homophone
Simple sentences
11. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).
Folktales
Inferences
Opinion
Article
12. Express one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.
Singular pronouns
dipthong
Communication
Literary Selections: Narrative
13. Writing in which the information is presented as fact or as truth.
Compound adjective
Autobiography
Biography
non - fiction
14. The conclusion of the story and the completion of all the action.
Plot: Resolution
Place adverbs
Plot: Rising Action
Autobiography
15. A series of events occurring after the climax that bring the story to a conclusion
Plot: Falling action
Motif
Paraphrase
Alliteration
16. A story with an imaginary setting - plot - and characters - some of whom may have special powers
Epic
Fantasy
affix
Adverb
17. How the details of a narrative are placed and how transitions are made within the narrative. Helps the story to move forward.
Pace
Communication
Text - to - self (T- S)
Prepositional phrase
18. A narrative in which the characters and events represent an idea or truth about life in general.
Theme
morpheme
Tone
Type of Lit: Allegory
19. 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.
Historical Fiction
Communication: Encounters
Poetry
Tone
20. Is the feeling or attitude that is conveyed by a narrative or selection.
Tone
Mental Point of View
Plot: Rising Action
Verb
21. 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.
Motif
Type of Lit: Short Story
Type of Lit: Essay
Plot: Conflict
22. 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
Personal Point of View
homophone
Plot: Types of Conflict
Conjunction: Subordinating
23. The sense of feeling(s) in literary works. How the author presents or selects the setting - images - objects - and words in a story.
Mood
Text - to - text (T- T)
Adjective
Irregular adjective
24. 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.
Flashback
Analogy
Motif
Plot: Conflict
25. Is a discrepancy between the expected results and actual results.
Adverb
Situational Irony
dipthong
Inferences
26. Focuses on a mix of reality and the imaginary.
Biography
Science fiction
First Person
Comparative adjective
27. Shows the action happened in the past or before (uses 'ed')
Declarative
Initial
Three (or more) syllable adjective
Past tense
28. Is the process of understanding that letters in text represent the sounds (phonemes) in speech.
Poetry
Type of Lit: Realism
Noun
Decoding Skills
29. 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.
Poetry
Inferences
Mystery
Predicate adjective
30. The background knowledge or experiences that students may bring with them into the reading of a text.
Positive adverbs
Plural pronouns
Tone
Schema
31. A sentence that gives a command - often with you are the understood subject - and ends with a period.
Article
Type of Lit: Essay
Imperative
Past tense
32. 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.)
Play
Personification
Two - syllable adjective
Compound sentences
33. Is a scheme of how words are organized into patterns
Simple sentences
Rhyme
Third Person
Folktales
34. Describe a verb - adjective - or adverb.
Type of Lit: Tragedy
Positive adverbs
Personification
Noun
35. About someone's life (written by another person)
Communication: Crisis
Plot: Resolution
Complex sentences
Biography
36. Occur when the adverbs tells how something is done (often ends in - ly).
Manner adverbs
Positive adverbs
Critical Analysis
digraph
37. Introduction of the story. Reader is introduced to the setting - tone - characters - purpose if the story
Preposition
Object Pronoun
Conjunction
Plot: Exposition
38. Possess 2 or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Plot: Climax
Text - to - world (T- W
Compound - complex sentences
Fact
39. A story written for the purpose of performance
Figurative Language
Play
Type of Lit: Comedy
First Person
40. A narrative that can be read in one sitting. Has few characters and often one conflict. Characters go through some type of change by the end of the story.
Mood
Positive adjective
Initial
Type of Lit: Short Story
41. Smallest meaningful unit of speech - which can no longer be divided. (Ex. in - come - on).
Interjection
morpheme
Two - syllable adjective
Setting
42. Not true - imaginary - books that are not true stories - but made up ones.
fiction
Positive adverbs
Third Person
Possessive Pronoun
43. Distinct unit of sound found within language that helps distinguish utterances from one another.
Conjunction: Coordinating
phoneme
Rhyme
Three (or more) syllable adjective
44. A literary work that is in ordinary form and used the familiar structure of spoken language - sentence after sentence.
Adjective
Initial
Type of Lit: Prose
Point of View
45. Express one complete thought.
Simple sentences
First Person
non - fiction
homonym
46. Compares 2 or more people - places - things - ideas - concepts - or characteristics. The event usually ends in - er.
Imperative
Article
Text - to - self (T- S)
Comparative adjective
47. The use of conversation between characters in order to provide readers with insight in the characters' behaviors - motivations - and human interactions.
Type of Lit: Realism
Personification
Predicate adjective
Dialogue
48. Focuses on the manner in which the writer describes - discusses - or narrates a subject.
Proper adjective
Personal Point of View
morpheme
Literary Selections: Narrative
49. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative
Figurative Language
Compound sentences
Pronoun
Plot
50. A literary work in which there is a downfall of the hero due to a tragic flaw or personal characteristic: often ends with an unhappy ending.
Type of Lit: Tragedy
Type of Lit: Drama
Plot: Falling action
Positive adjective
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