PSSA Terms
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| Active voice | When the subject of the sentence is the doer of the action in the sentence
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| Affix | One or more letters occurring as a bound form attended to the beginning
Middle or End
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| Adage | A saying that sets forth a general truth that has gained credibility
Through long use over time.
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| Allusion | An implied or indirect reference to literature to a familiar person, place, or event.
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| Analogy | An extended comparison showing the similarities of two things.
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| Analysis | Process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationship with one and other.
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| Central idea controlling point idea | The unifying element of a piece of text.
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| Bias | The subtle presence or negative approach to a topic.
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| Chronology | The sequential order in which events occur
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| Cohesion | A quality of writing where ideas, details, and arguments move logically and fluidly throughout a piece of writing.
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| Classification | A strategy a writer uses to group ideas that are similar or related.
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| Convey | To communicate or make known
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| Correlative conjunction | Words that are used in pairs
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| Coordinate adjectives | Two or more successive words in a sentence that modify or describe the same noun
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| Counterclaim | An argument that is in opposition to the claim/position provided in argument - active writing. This adds credibility to the writing.
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| Dangling modifier | A modifier that is not clearly attached to the word or phrase it's supposed to modify
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| Comparison verb | The form that an adverb takes when comparing an act of matter of two different things.
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| Literary text | Imaginative or creative text that is generally a narrative story.
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| Demonstrative | To make evident or improve
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| Denotation | The direct or dictionary meaning of a word
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