PSSA Reading Review Word Scramble
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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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