PRAXIS II ENGLISH CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
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parable
a story that is realistic and has a moral A short narrative that illustrates a moral by means of allegory.
didactic
teaches a lesson
beast tales
fables in which animals behave as humans
fairy tales
key characteristic of this literary genre is the element of magic; usually follows a pattern and often
presents an "ideal" to the listener or the reader.
wonder tales
writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne refer to the magical elements in the fairy tale with this term, often
appear in the characters of witches, wizards, magical animals, and talking beasts.
folktales
told in the native language of the people. do not necessarily have a moral. entertainment as their
main purpose. 1600/1700s Appalachian mountains.
Richard Chase
collected many of the Appalachian folktales- "Jack Tales" and "Grandfather Tales"
myth
a story designed to explain things that the teller does not understand. Greeks and Romans used this
story type and its associated heroes and heroines to explain thunder, fire, and the movements of the
sun.
legend
a story-usually exaggerated- about real people, places, and things. There were no silver dollars minted
during the American Revolution so it would've been impossible for him to have tossed a silver dollar
across the Potomac.
romanticism
flourished in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, beginning in Germany and England and
spreading quickly throughout Europe. "emphasized imagination, fancy, and freedom, emotion,
wildness, beauty of the natural world, the rights of the individual, the nobility of the common man,
and the attractiveness of pastoral life." Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Victor Hugo
realism
nineteenth century reaction to Romanticism, the novel was popular during this time period.
embraced true-to-life approach to subject matter. Rejecting the classical themes common in literature
,such as mythology and ballads, realists preferred to focus on everyday life. George Eliot and Leo
Tolstoy.
modernism
associated with the first decades of the twentieth century. The term can describe the content and the
form of a work, or either aspect alone. Knowledge is not absolute. Albert Einstein and Sigmund
Freud's theories.
realistic
a classification in deciding if a book is modern fiction or not.
novels
recount realistic stories that really could happen or could have happened.
confession
one character reveals thoughts and ideas.
tone
reveals the author's attitude toward the writing, the reader, the subject ,and/or the people, places,
events in a work.
didacticism
embodies a teaching tone, the writer addresses the readers as if they must learn something.
humor
conveys fun
sentimentality
the excessive use of feeling or emotion
personification
the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects.
cliches
phrases that have become meaningless because of their frequent use.
diction
the author's choice of words
omniscient POV
a narrator who knows all about the characters and the actions and shares this information with the
audience
objective POV
,simply tell the happenings without voicing an opinion
first-person singular POV
unfolds through the eyes of one central character
second-person POV
employs the word "you"
third-person POV
the narrator does not participate in the action of the story.
denotation
a precise meaning of a word
connotation
the word's impression or feeling a word gives beyond its exact meaning
assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds.
imagery
descriptive language designed to create a mental image for the reader of smells, feelings, sounds, or
sights of a person, place, thing, or event.
understatement
underplays something and presents it to be less significant than is actually true
wordplay
stylistic device that many writers employ essentially as it sounds, the playful and creative use of words
for a witty effect.
pun
a humorous word play in which the two meanings of a word or two similar-sounding words are
deliberately confused.
symbolism
the use of one person, place, or thing to represent another
sensationalism
the use of emotionally charged words, expressions, or events in order to provoke a strong reaction to
the reader.
climax
the highest point of interest in the story.
, false climax
the reader mistakenly believes that all the story's questions have been answered only to find the story
or book has new twists and turns.
progressive plot
requires one to read the entire book or story to find the answers to the questions
eposodic ploy
features individual chapters or episodes that are related to each other but of which is a story unto
itself.
structure
the plot and setting together
backdrop setting
one that is not essential to the plot
figurative setting
simply serves as an illustration
integral setting
setting that is essential to the plot
theme
main idea or central meaning of the book
implicit theme
suggested theme
explicit theme
stated theme
reversal of fortune theme
usually played out as a change or even a complete turnabout in the circumstances of a character or
characters. is a frequent feature of modern juvenile literature (Heidi)
authenticity
believable and convincing
stanza
a group of lines to which there is often a metrical order and a repeated rhyme.
5038 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
parable
a story that is realistic and has a moral A short narrative that illustrates a moral by means of allegory.
didactic
teaches a lesson
beast tales
fables in which animals behave as humans
fairy tales
key characteristic of this literary genre is the element of magic; usually follows a pattern and often
presents an "ideal" to the listener or the reader.
wonder tales
writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne refer to the magical elements in the fairy tale with this term, often
appear in the characters of witches, wizards, magical animals, and talking beasts.
folktales
told in the native language of the people. do not necessarily have a moral. entertainment as their
main purpose. 1600/1700s Appalachian mountains.
Richard Chase
collected many of the Appalachian folktales- "Jack Tales" and "Grandfather Tales"
myth
a story designed to explain things that the teller does not understand. Greeks and Romans used this
story type and its associated heroes and heroines to explain thunder, fire, and the movements of the
sun.
legend
a story-usually exaggerated- about real people, places, and things. There were no silver dollars minted
during the American Revolution so it would've been impossible for him to have tossed a silver dollar
across the Potomac.
romanticism
flourished in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, beginning in Germany and England and
spreading quickly throughout Europe. "emphasized imagination, fancy, and freedom, emotion,
wildness, beauty of the natural world, the rights of the individual, the nobility of the common man,
and the attractiveness of pastoral life." Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Victor Hugo
realism
nineteenth century reaction to Romanticism, the novel was popular during this time period.
embraced true-to-life approach to subject matter. Rejecting the classical themes common in literature
,such as mythology and ballads, realists preferred to focus on everyday life. George Eliot and Leo
Tolstoy.
modernism
associated with the first decades of the twentieth century. The term can describe the content and the
form of a work, or either aspect alone. Knowledge is not absolute. Albert Einstein and Sigmund
Freud's theories.
realistic
a classification in deciding if a book is modern fiction or not.
novels
recount realistic stories that really could happen or could have happened.
confession
one character reveals thoughts and ideas.
tone
reveals the author's attitude toward the writing, the reader, the subject ,and/or the people, places,
events in a work.
didacticism
embodies a teaching tone, the writer addresses the readers as if they must learn something.
humor
conveys fun
sentimentality
the excessive use of feeling or emotion
personification
the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects.
cliches
phrases that have become meaningless because of their frequent use.
diction
the author's choice of words
omniscient POV
a narrator who knows all about the characters and the actions and shares this information with the
audience
objective POV
,simply tell the happenings without voicing an opinion
first-person singular POV
unfolds through the eyes of one central character
second-person POV
employs the word "you"
third-person POV
the narrator does not participate in the action of the story.
denotation
a precise meaning of a word
connotation
the word's impression or feeling a word gives beyond its exact meaning
assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds.
imagery
descriptive language designed to create a mental image for the reader of smells, feelings, sounds, or
sights of a person, place, thing, or event.
understatement
underplays something and presents it to be less significant than is actually true
wordplay
stylistic device that many writers employ essentially as it sounds, the playful and creative use of words
for a witty effect.
pun
a humorous word play in which the two meanings of a word or two similar-sounding words are
deliberately confused.
symbolism
the use of one person, place, or thing to represent another
sensationalism
the use of emotionally charged words, expressions, or events in order to provoke a strong reaction to
the reader.
climax
the highest point of interest in the story.
, false climax
the reader mistakenly believes that all the story's questions have been answered only to find the story
or book has new twists and turns.
progressive plot
requires one to read the entire book or story to find the answers to the questions
eposodic ploy
features individual chapters or episodes that are related to each other but of which is a story unto
itself.
structure
the plot and setting together
backdrop setting
one that is not essential to the plot
figurative setting
simply serves as an illustration
integral setting
setting that is essential to the plot
theme
main idea or central meaning of the book
implicit theme
suggested theme
explicit theme
stated theme
reversal of fortune theme
usually played out as a change or even a complete turnabout in the circumstances of a character or
characters. is a frequent feature of modern juvenile literature (Heidi)
authenticity
believable and convincing
stanza
a group of lines to which there is often a metrical order and a repeated rhyme.
