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PSSA Reading Review
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| repitition of consonants | alliteration |
| character in opposition with protagnist | antagonist |
| opposite | antonym |
| reason for writing selection | author's purpose |
| story of person's life written by the person | autobiography |
| story of person's life by another person | biography |
| cause-stimuluseffect-response | cause and effect |
| the method an author uses to communicate info. | characterization |
| action at highest point | climax |
| compare-how things are alikecontrast-how things are different | compare and contrast |
| end | conclusion |
| struggle between opposing forces | conflict |
| reader can connect text with something else | connection |
| information to find what a word means | context clues |
| speaking | dialogue |
| to examine or judge | evaluate |
| background info; setting, characters, plot, etc. | exposition |
| text written to explain a certain topic | expository text |
| narrative with a moral or lesson | fable |
| fact and opinion | fact vs. opinion |
| action right after the climax and before the resolution | falling action |
| imaginary | fiction |
| language not ment to be taken literally | figurative language |
| story interupted with earlier scene | flashback |
| stories passed through generations | folktales |
| clues about what will happen later | foreshadowing |
| when you make assumptions and apply them | generalization |
| categories of lit. | genre |
| diagram to represent info. | graphic organizer |
| two or more words that sound the same | homonym |
| exaggeration | hyperbole |
| words using senses | imagery |
| educated guess | inference |
| saying something and meaning the opposite | irony |
| say if something is good or bad | judge |
| humorous verse | limerick |
| comparison between two objects | metaphor |
| feeling | mood |
| person who tells the story | narrator |
| true | nonfiction |
| sound words | onomatopoeia |
| two opposite words together | oxymoron |
| restate in your own words | paraphrase |
| giving inanimate objects living characteristics | personification |
| events in the story | plot |
| writing that expresses feeling | poetry |
| the perspective of the story | point of view |
| educated guess | prediction |
| letters before a root word | prefix |
| "good guy" | protagnist |
| opinion | reaction |
| end of story | resolution |
| occurs before climax | rising action |
| word you add prefixs and suffixs to | root word |
| order of events | sequential order |
| where it takes place | setting |
| comparison between two unlike things using like or as | simile |
| letters placed at the end of a word | suffix |
| short explanation of the passage | summary |
| details that support the main idea | supporting details |
| techniques to keep the reader interested | suspense |
| image, object, character,or action used to symbolize something else | symbol |
| two or more words that mean the same thing | synonym |
| the underlying message | theme |
| clues that hint the author's mood | tone |
| to see what you are reading | visualization |
| author's style | voice |
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