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PSSA Reading - Gr. 4
PSSA Reading Vocabulary - Grade 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one or more letters attached to the beginning or end of a word to create a different form of the word | affix |
| a group of neighboring words that begin with the same sound | alliteration |
| identifying they ways in which different things relate to one another | analysis |
| one word that is the opposite of another word | antonym |
| the author’s reason for writing (to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people, or to persuade or convince their audience) | author’s purpose |
| a judgment based on a personal point of view | bias |
| the story of a person's life written by another person | biography |
| an action or event that leads to an effect | cause |
| something that happens as a result of an action, event, or cause | effect |
| to tell how two or more things are alike | compare |
| the ending of a story | conclusion |
| a struggle between characters, forces, or emotions (also called the problem) | conflict |
| vocabulary words that are important to a particular subject area | content specific words |
| information from text that reveals the meaning of an unfamiliar word | context clues |
| to tell how two or more things are different | contrast |
| conversation between people in a story | dialogue |
| to make distinctions between two or more things | differentiate |
| a statement that stretches the truth | exaggeration |
| a story that is not true; it is created in the author’s imagination | fiction |
| language that cannot be taken literally because it was written to create a special feeling | figurative language |
| the center of interest or attention | focus |
| a type or category of literature | genre |
| a word or phrase in bold print that show the text’s topic or theme | heading |
| photographs, drawings, or maps within the text | graphics |
| tables, graphs, lists, and other ways of showing data in the text | charts |
| a conclusion based on facts, reasoning, and “reading between the lines” | inference |
| a nonfiction text, written to share factual information | informational text |
| tools used by the author to make the story interesting (such as dialogue, alliteration, etc.) | literary devices |
| this type of text includes literary elements and devices normally found in fiction, but it tells about real people, places, or events | literary nonfiction |
| the author’s most important point, usually found in the topic sentence | main idea |
| words that can have several meanings, depending upon how they are used in a sentence | multiple meaning words |
| a type of text that tells a story | narrative |
| factual writing that explains, informs, or describes (rather than entertains) | nonfiction |
| to restate something you read or hear by putting it in your own words | paraphrase |
| giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to something that is not human | personification |
| a story’s sequence of events | plot |
| a group of letters placed at the beginning of a word to change its meaning | prefix |
| a story’s time and place | setting |
| comparing two unlike things by using the words “like” or “as” | simile |
| a group of letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning | suffix |
| to retell the most important parts of a text in a much shorter way, using your own words | summarize |
| how an author writes, using language to interest the reader in his or her purpose | style |
| one word that has the same meaning as another word | synonym |
| words that students are expected to know | target words |
| a major idea that is the topic of discussion or writing | theme |
Created by:
jroeder
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