PRAXIS II 5001 READING & LANGUAGE ARTS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

Exposition Introduces readers to the people, places, and basic story Complication ("rising action") Series of events that complicate the story and build up to the climax Climax High point of the story; moment of greatest tension. Turning point of the story Falling acion Missing pieces of the puzzle are filled in; story settles down Resolution/Denouement Conclusion of the story Round characters Fully developed, complex, 3-D characters. Embody contradictions and undergo change/growth Flat characters One-dimensional, undeveloped, static. Often stereotypes or symbolic Protagonist Hero or main character of the story; the one who faces conflict and change Antagonist Person, force, or idea that works against the protagonist Setting Time and place of the story Tone Mood or attitude conveyed in the writing Situational irony Incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. First-person narrator Tells story from his/her own POV using "I" Second-person POV Writer uses the pronoun "you"; reader becomes a character in the story Third person narrator Writer uses pronouns "he," "she," and "they." Narrator is removed from the action so the story is more objective Omniscient All knowing Limited narrator Third person, only having access to thoughts and feelings of one character in the story Perspective The narrator's attitude throughout the story Nonfiction literature Truth-based account of actual events. No narrator, direct conversation from author to reader Descriptive writing Describing a person, place, or thing Narrative writing Telling a story or describing an event Expository writing Exploring and explaining an idea or position Persuasive writing Arguing a specific point of view Satire Form of comedy; writer exposes and ridicules in order to inspire change Verbal irony Intended meaning is opposite of the expressed meaning Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration Memoirs More exploratory, examining the impact of people and events Word choice Diction; specific language the writer uses to describe people, places and things Style Distinctive way a writer uses language to inform or promote an idea Emotional language Targets a reader's emotions instead of appealing to reason Emotive poem Aims to capture a mood or emotion and to make readers feel that mood/emotion Lyrical poem Short, emotional poems that are personal from a single speaker Imagistic poem Aims to capture a moment and help us experience that moment through our senses Narrative poem Tell stories Argumentative poem Explores an idea, such as love or valor Elegy Laments the loss of someone or something Ode Celebrates a person, place, thing, or event Exact rhyme Share the same last syllables. Eg. cat, hat; laugh, staff Half-rhymes Share only the final consonant(s). Eg. cat, hot; adamant, government Eye rhymes Looks like a rhyme because the word endings are spelled the same; Eg., bough, through, enough, though Alliteration Pitter patter - /p/, /tt/, /r/ Onomatopoeia A word that sounds like its meaning; the sound is the definition of the word. Eg. buzz, hiss, moan