Praxis ELA Study Guide Test.

Praxis ELA Study Guide Test. Narrative - CORRECT ANSWER Literature that tells a story. Includes adventure, fable, fantasy, fairy tales, folk tales, historical fiction, legend, myth, mystery, novel, play, science fiction, and short story Adventure - CORRECT ANSWER An action-based narrative Fable - CORRECT ANSWER Story that uses animals or plants to provide a moral lesson Fantasy - CORRECT ANSWER fiction involving an invented world Fairy Tales - CORRECT ANSWER A type of folk tale that contains magic Folk tale - CORRECT ANSWER A traditional story that can date back many centuries Historical fiction - CORRECT ANSWER Fictional stories based around historical events Legend - CORRECT ANSWER A story that, while based on a supposed event, is most likely fictional Myth - CORRECT ANSWER A fairy Tale that usually includes a god or hero Mystery - CORRECT ANSWER Fiction that involves stories where the characters attempt to find information Novel - CORRECT ANSWER A lengthy fictional narrative Play - CORRECT ANSWER A type of literature intended to be interpreted on the stage by actors Short story - CORRECT ANSWER A shorter version of novel Plot - CORRECT ANSWER Series of events in a story, the order in which the actions take place. Usually five part based, exposition, complication, climax, falling action, and resolution Exposition - CORRECT ANSWER Introduces readers to the people, place, and basic circumstances Complication - CORRECT ANSWER Series of events that complicate the story and build to the climax (also called the rising action) Climax - CORRECT ANSWER The high point of a story, the moment of greatest tension. Often the turning point. Falling action - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when the missing pieces of the puzzles are filled in. Secrets are revealed, mysteries solved, confessions made Resolution - CORRECT ANSWER The conclusion of a story in which conflicts are resolved, questions answered, and characters are set to move on with a new understanding or under new circumstances Characters - CORRECT ANSWER People created by the author to tell the story Round characters - CORRECT ANSWER Fully developed complex, three dimensional characters. They are often dynamic (they change over the course of the story) Flat characters - CORRECT ANSWER one dimensional, undeveloped, and static. Typically defined by one characteristic. Protagonist - CORRECT ANSWER Main character who faces conflict and undegoes change Antagonist - CORRECT ANSWER Person, force, or idea that works against protagonist