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Praxis Literature

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. A short story - often with animals as the main characters - that teachers a moral or lesson to the reader






2. Is the feeling or attitude that is conveyed by a narrative or selection.






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






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






5. A story written for the purpose of performance






6. Is the process of understanding that letters in text represent the sounds (phonemes) in speech.






7. Follow a distinct pattern and are predictable






8. Attachment to a base or root word.






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






10. 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.






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






12. A sentence that makes a statement or tells something and ends with a period.






13. 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.






14. Is a word that names a person - place - thing - concept - idea - act - or characteristic. Nouns give names to everything that exists - has existed - or will exist in the world.






15. Introduction of the story. Reader is introduced to the setting - tone - characters - purpose if the story






16. 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.






17. The setting - time - event - and characters are based on history and facts.






18. Follows a linking verb and describes the subject.






19. Shows the action is happening now.






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






21. 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).






22. Requires the words more/most of less/least to express comparison.






23. Contains the preposition - the object of the preposition and the modifiers of the object.






24. When society is faced with an issue of concern or a situation - people must cooperate and make successful responses.






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






26. About someone's life (written by another person)






27. Occur when the adverb tells how often - when - or how long.






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






29. Are conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.






30. Is the sequential order of events within a narrative






31. Is a word used to describe a noun or pronoun.






32. 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.






33. A story written in certain form or rhyme and rhythm with imagery






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






35. 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.






36. Describes a noun or pronoun without comparing it to anyone or anything else.






37. Express one person - place - thing - concept - idea - or characteristics.






38. How the details of a narrative are placed and how transitions are made within the narrative. Helps the story to move forward.






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






42. Is a word placed before a noun - which introduces the noun as specific (the) or nonspecific (a - an).






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






44. Contain 2 or more single sentences which are joined by a conjunction and/or punctuation.






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






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






47. The conclusion of the story and the completion of all the action.






48. Possess 2 or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.






49. 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)






50. Stories passed down from generation to generation that includes fables - myths - legends - and tall tales.







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