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PSSA Terms Test

Enter the letter for the matching Definition
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Genre
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voice
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inference
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text structure: problem and solution
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Evaluate
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analyze
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text structure: compare and contrast
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Fiction
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Compare and contrast
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nonfiction
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Conflict
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Foreshadowing
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Generalizations
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Narrator
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Antonym
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Autobiography
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Fable
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Conflict: character vs. self
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imagery
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chronological
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words and phrases used specifcally to help the reader to imagine each of the senses.
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an internal conflict that takes place in a character's mind. (character may have to decide between right and wrong or between 2 solutions to a problem.)
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struggle between opposing forces in literature.
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reading between the lines. taking what the author worte and adding it to what you already know to make an assumption.
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to explain in great detail
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the examine and judge; to say if something is good or bad
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technique in which the author provides the reader with clues about events that will happen later in the story
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when events happen in order from earliest to the last (like sequential)
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the story of a person's life written by the person
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a narrative intended to convey a moral or lesson to the reader
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the author presents a problem and provides steps that lead to the solving of the problem; the solution
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the speaker of the story
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a word that is the opposite of another word.
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writing that is true and the purpose is to inform.
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compare means to show similarities, contrast means to show differences
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the author's style the quality that makes his or her writing unique
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the author organizes the text by telling how two or more things are alike and different
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when you make assumptions about different events and/or characters apply them to new situations.
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any story that is a product of imagination rather than fact
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catagories of literature such as biography, mystery, historical, sports, and romance.
Type the Term that corresponds to the displayed Definition.
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the author's reason or intention for writing the selection. Always ask youself- is the purpose to entertain, to inform, or persuade.
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a comparison between two unlike things by using the word like or as .
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main character working against the protagonist. Sometimes not a person but an obstacle such as a force of nature, society or inner conflict.
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the underlying message of the selection that the author is trying to convey or communicate to the reader.
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letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning
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the repeating of beginning consonant sounds in words in a sentence.Ex. sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better, jump for joy
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a word to which prefixes and/or suffixes are added
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the time and place where the action of a story occurs.
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the actual words/ conversation that the character says to another character.
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retelling what happened in order in your own words

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