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6th grade PSSA terms
6th grade PSSA reading terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1st person | when the narrator tells a story about him/herself (I, me, we, my) |
| 3rd person | when the narrator tells a story about someone else (he, she, her, him) |
| alliteration | the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in multiple words |
| antonym | words that are opposites |
| conclusion | the result or outcome of a story |
| fact/opinion | fact can be proven using resources; opinion is a belief, feeling, or personal thought |
| figurative language | language that cannot be taken literally to create a special feeling or effect; metaphor, similie, idiom, imagery, alliteration, etc |
| generalization | when you make a general statement based on facts that can be checked (The nation mourned the events of 9/11.) |
| genre | a category of reading material (poetry, mystery, realistic fiction) |
| homophone | a word that sounds the same but has different meaning (hair and hare) |
| hyberbole | an exaggeration or overstatement (I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.) |
| idiom | an expression that cannot be taken literally. (Hit the deck!) |
| informative | writing that explains or informs |
| irony | the use of word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its usual meaning (The man yelled, "Be quiet!") |
| main idea | the most important information or the overall idea of a paragraph or text |
| metaphor | the comparison of 2 unlike things in which like or as are not used |
| narrative | a story |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like the noise or action they make (sizzle, buzz, thump) |
| passage | a section of a written work; a paragraph or part of a story |
| personification | an object that is given human qualities (The flowers danced across the field.) |
| persuasive | writing that is meant to change the way a reader thinks about a topic |
| plot | the action or series of events that make up story (rising action, climax, resolution) |
| point of view | the way in which an author reveals characters, events, or tells the story |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| compare/contrast | tell how things are the same and different |
| similie | a comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as |
| summarize | to tell the most important parts of a story or passage in your own words |
| supporting details | statements or facts that tell more about the main idea |
| synonym | words that have the same or similar meanings |
| theme/author's message | the central idea or message in a passage; lesson learned |
| tone | the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters |
| fiction | a story that is made up |
| non-fiction | based on facts |
| imagery | use of senses to describe |
| context clues | use of words that surround an unknown word |
| resolution | how the problem is solved |
| conflict | the problem is in a story |
| narrator | the person who tells a story |
| inference | a logical answer based on text clues and your background knowledge |
| text organization | how the text is organized or arranged (sequence, question/answer, compare/contrast, cause/effect) |
| draw a conclusion | using inferences to come to a conclusion |
| paraphrase | to put into your own words |
Created by:
dimatt
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