PSSA Reading Glossary
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| show | affix
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| show | alliteration
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| an implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event | show 🗑
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| show | antonym
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| a noun that immediately follows another noun and is set off by commas | show 🗑
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| the author's intent to inform or teach about something, to entertain, or to persuade or convince their readers to do or not to do something | show 🗑
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| show | thesis
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| the story of a person's life written by himself or herself | show 🗑
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| a judgment based on a personal point of view | show 🗑
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| the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the writing | show 🗑
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| the method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities | show 🗑
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| the turning point in a narrative; the moment when the conflict is at its most intense | show 🗑
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| show | compare
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| a word composed of two or more smaller words | show 🗑
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| the ending of a story or the summarization of ideas | show 🗑
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| a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions | show 🗑
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| show | context clues
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| show | contrast
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| show | dialogue
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| to examine and to judge carefully | show 🗑
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| show | exaggerate
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| a narrative intended to convey a moral; animals or inanimate objects with human characteristics are often characters | show 🗑
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| an attack on a person instead of an issue (propaganda) | show 🗑
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| appeal that tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it's popular or because "everyone" is doing it (propaganda) | show 🗑
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| show | red herring
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| show | emotional appeal
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| a technique that attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea (propaganda) | show 🗑
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| a technique that attempts to persuade the reader by repeating a message over and over again (propaganda) | show 🗑
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| a technique that makes an oversimplified statement about a group based on limited information (propaganda) | show 🗑
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| states a conclusion as part of the proof of an argument (propaganda) | show 🗑
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| a technique that attempts to persuade the reader by showing how many people think something is true (propaganda) | show 🗑
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