PSSA ELA Practice

An action word

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is an example of

Narrator sees the world through only one characters eyes and thoughts.

Which word(s) are examples of onomatopoeia?

Placed before the root - Added to the beginning of the word and changes the meaning.

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

The central idea of a work of literature. The main lesson of a story

A conversation between characters in a story.

expresses emotion and has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence. "Hey" "Wow"

Mrs. Whinnie, my fifth-grade teacher, is a Pittsburgh graduate. The bold phrase is a/an

The POV told by the character that uses the first person pronoun "I".

A word that means the same as another word

A person, place, thing, or idea

"My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning." The literary device used is ____.

"Mindful Mr. Ewert mended my socks." What literary device is being used in this sentence?

the act of finding qualities two passages or character share.

A series of related events in a story, each connected to the next.

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

The author's intent to inform or teach , to entertain, to persuade, to convince

A word used to join words or groups of words

the act of finding the ways two passages or characters differ.

Placed after the root- Added to the end of the word and changes the word meaning or function.

The teacher was a dragon today! What figurative language is being used?

Words that are spelled the same, but has a different meaning. ex: pen/pen

adjectives used to describe a character's personality and actions.

Text structure that reveals the reason something happens and the result of it happening

A belief or view about something

A conclusion, drawn from specific information, - a broad statement about a topic or person.

a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence

Re-tell the story by listing the most important events

You were as brave as a lion.

The narrator uses "He," "She," and "It" when referring to a person, place, thing, or idea.