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PSSA Rdg. Vocab. #1
PSSA Reading Academic Language
Question | Answer |
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repetition of initial or beginning sounds in two or more consecutive or neighboring words(words next to each other) | alliteration |
to arrange according to a category or trait, or to form groups | classify |
comparison based on the resemblance in some particular ways between things that are otherwise not alike | analogy |
moment in a story when the action reaches its greatest conflict | climax |
to examine the likenesses and differences of two people, ideas, or things | compare and contrast |
ways in which the author shows how a character changes as the story proceeds | character development |
main source of drama and tension in a literary work (story); the discord between two people or forces that brings about dramatic action | conflict |
method used by an author to give readers information about a character; description or representation of a person's qualities or peculiarities | characterization |
something suggested or implied, but not actually stated | connotation |