PRAXIS II: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (5038) LITERARY TERMS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
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PRAXIS II: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (5038) LITERARY TERMS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% 2023
Fiction
Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
Literary Nonfiction
Creative nonfiction that uses literary st...
PRAXIS II: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
(5038) LITERARY TERMS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
2023
Fiction
Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events
and people.
Literary Nonfiction
Creative nonfiction that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives
Narrative Nonfiction
Information based on fact that is presented in a format which tells a story
Historical Fiction
A literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past
Realistic Fiction
A story that can actually happen and is true to real life
Gothic Fiction
Grotesque, violent, mysterious, and supernatural
Science Fiction
Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or
environmental changes.
Frequently portrays space or time travel and life on other planets.
Story
An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment
Drama
An exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.
The main character sustains the action in the plot while the antagonist serves as the opposing
element through the plot.
Poetry
A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of
distinctive style and rhythm
Essay
A short piece of writing on a particular subject
Autobiography
Gives the history of a person's life, written or told by that person.
, Biography
An account of someone's life written by someone else
Allegory
A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.
It can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
Mystery
A type of fiction in which a detective or other professional solves a crime or series of crimes
Epistolary Novel
Novel written in the form of letters
Satire
A literary work that criticizes human misconduct through humor or irony.
Folk Tale
A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk.
Have a moral or teach a lesson.
Rule of three
Fairy Tale
Usually begins with "Once upon a time..."
Fantasy
Good vs. Evil
Magical
Happy Endings
Teach a lesson or have a theme
Ex. Cinderella
Fantasy
The forming of mental images with strange or other worldly settings or characters
Tall Tale
A humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who do the impossible.
Myth
Story told as if they are a fact.
Usually have gods and goddesses with supernatural powers.
Deal with creation of the world and natural events.
Provide lessons about good and bad behavior.
Explains something the teller or listener does not understand.
Fable
A brief story with a moral.
Often uses animals that act and speak like human beings.
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