PSSA Reading Glossary
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| show | affix
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| show | alliteration
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| show | allusion
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| a word that is the opposite of another word | show 🗑
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| show | appositive
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| show | author's purpose
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| the topic and a specific feeling or idea associated with it | show 🗑
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| show | autobiography
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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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| show | compound word
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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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| information from the reading that identifies a word or a group of words | show 🗑
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| show | contrast
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| a conversation between people | show 🗑
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| to examine and to judge carefully | show 🗑
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| to make an overstatement or to stretch the truth | show 🗑
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| show | fable
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| show | name calling
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| show | bandwagon
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| an attempt to distract the reader with details not relevant to the argument (propaganda) | show 🗑
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| a technique that tries to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader's emotions instead of to logic and reason (propaganda) | show 🗑
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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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| show | repetition
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| show | sweeping generalization
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| show | appeal to numbers, facts, or statistics
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