PRAXIS 5002 STUDY GUIDE WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

Novel popular type of narrative literature; lengthy and includes fictional context Adventure narratives are fiction and have a great deal of actin Fables stories that feature animals, provides a moral lesson Fantasy Involves an invented world fairy tales folk tales that contain elements of magic or magical beings; often contain a moral Historical connected with history; based on events in history (ex. made up love stories during the Civil War) Legend a story based on "events" in human history (does not include magic but should not be believed) myth like a fairytale but instead of magic they have heros to explain phenomenons mystery involves stories where characters try to find information (mystery books) play written story acted out in theatre science fiction A type of fantasy that uses science and technology. (takes place in the future.). short story A brief work of fiction (same structure as novel but shorter) plot Sequence of events in a story (order in which actions take place) Exposition exposes readers to characters, settings, and story Rising Action Events leading up to the climax Climax turning point in story falling action the events following the climax. (not every story has falling action) Resolution End of the story where questions are answered characters person, animal, or object that takes part in a a story Protagonist the main character in a literary work Antagonist A character or force in conflict with the main character SETTING time and place of the story tone mood and attitude of story point of view person who is telling the story 1st person point of view The narrator is a character in the story. ( I, me, my, we, our ) 2nd person point of view when the narrator refers to one of the characters (or the reader) as "You" 3rd person point of view narrator is NOT involved in the story; uses "he," "she," "they theme What the story is about nonfiction writing that tells about real people, places, and events, no narrator descriptive describes to me Narrative tells a story Expository exploring and explaining an idea or position satire comedy used to expose something to inspire change verbal irony (sarcasm) intended meaning opposite of expressed meaning Hyperbole extreme exaggeration journaling personal writing requiring students to write down their thoughts w/ a degree of regular frequency Inference forming an opinion about what was read main idea primary purpose of the writing. normally found in the opening. lyrical poetry poetry which expresses an emotion from a single speaker narrative poetry poetry that tells a story must have character and plot Argumentative poetry explore an idea rhyme Repetition of sounds at the end of words; creates a rhythm exact rhyme Share the same LAST syllables. Example: cat, hat; laugh, staff Half Rhyme share ONLY final constant ( cat, hot) eye rhyme look like they rhyme but don't sound the same (enough, though) Alliteration Repetition of consonant sounds (golly green giant) Onomatopoeia word sound like it means (buzz, woof) rhythm Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables; established through meter stanza poetic paragraph concrete/visual poetry create a visual effect blank/free verse very confined by structure; lines must follow a rhyme scheme or metrical pattern sonnet 14 line poem; 5 syllables per line Limerick poem A humorous, rhyming, 5 line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme. (abaa) almanac n. a yearly calendar and weather forecast that helps farmers know when to plant crops atlas geographical resource, full of maps dictionary a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them Encyclopedia provides information about a wide variety of subjects from all branches of knowledge Thesaurus provides information on synonyms and antonyms provide time specific information professional journals newspapers magazines journals primary source from direct witness of event Bibliography list of work cited, found at the end of a resource chronological order arranged in the order it happened from start to finish Order of importance organized ideas in rank of importance synonym A word that means the same as another word compare and contrast arrange two things or ideas side by side to show the ways they are the same of differ idiom a word that can not be interpreted literally (ex. easy as pie) Cause and Effect arrange ideas to explain why an event took place (cause) and what happened as a result (effect)