Duplicate of PSSA Reading Review!

Appeal to the reader's emotions instead of logic or reasoning

The author's attitude towards his/her subject

Hints or clues that are given to the reader about what is yet to come...

A story about somebody's life written by THAT person

What does your conclusion paragraph in your TDA response need to include?

A word that is the opposite of another word

Comparing two things NOT using like or as

A literary work based on imagination: not true

Tactic in which the reader is persuaded by a repeating a message over and over again

emotional connection to the audience

Two words that mean the same thing

Human qualities given to non-human objects

Each body paragraph of your TDA response must contain a...

A conclusion is stated as part of proof of the agrument 

A story about a person's life written by another person

What two things must go in your introduction paragraph of your TDA?

The part of plot where the characters, conflict, and setting are introduced

Factual writing- used to explain, argue, instruct, or describe rather than entertain

A struggle between opposing characters

People are persuaded by showing how many people think something is true

sounds that express meaning - bam, pow, boom

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

The feeling of a reader gets from a piece of writing - happiness, sadness, humorous, etc.

The author knows the characters thoughts and feelings - he, she, him, her, it, them, etc.

A judgement based on a personal point of view

Words or a group of words that appeal to the 5 senses

The part of the story where the conflict is resolved

Newspaper or magazines that gives the opinions of editors or publishers

Which of the following nouns is a COMMON noun?

The turning point in a story - highest point of interest

An attack on a person instead of an issue

The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning

Which is a fragment?

I, we, us, our, my, me

TDA stands for:

How many times should you read through a poem on your PSSA's?

credibility (or character) of the speaker

At the absolute MINIMUM, how many paragraphs must your TDA response be?

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities

What POV should you only use when writing out a formal paper?

Comparing two things using the words like or as

Somebody is persuaded to do something because everyone is doing it

An extreme exaggeration

Language that cannot be taken literally because it was written to cause a certain feeling

Which of the following nouns is a PROPER noun?

The reader is persuaded by a famous person to endorse a product or idea

An object represents an idea

logical argument

The author's intent for writing something - to inform, to entertain, to persuade

The author's central thought - the topic of a paragraph

The reader is distracted with details not relevant to the argument

Because something happens, it makes something else happen

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

What should you do if you don't understand your TDA question?

The author knows only the actions of a character- he, she, him, her, it, they, them etc.