PSSA Eligible Content Vocabulary

Question 1

The overall structure or shape of a work that frequently follows and established design.

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Form

Question 2

A group of words that lacks a subject or predicate and is not a complete sentence.

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Fragment

Question 3

The examine or judge carefully. To judge or determine worth or quality of something.

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Evaluate

Question 4

A brief story that illustrates human character traits through characters with a life lesson.

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Fable

Question 5

To make understandable, plain, or clear.

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Explain

Question 6

Three spaced periods that represent an omission from a quoted passage.

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Ellipsis

Question 7

The center of interest or attention.

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Focus

Question 8

A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement.

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Generalization

Question 9

An account directly from an original or primary source.

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Firsthand account

Question 10

Variation or diversity among qualities or characteristics.

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Difference

Question 11

A drawing that shows the appearance, structure, or the workings of something.

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Diagram

Question 12

A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g. poetry)

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Genre

Question 13

To describe or outline with precision.

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Delineate

Question 14

A point of view that relates events as they are perceived by a single character.

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First Person

Question 15

To mark off as different; to recognize the prominent features of.

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Distinguish

Question 16

Information or details from a text that support a reader's assertion.

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Evidence

Question 17

The conversation between or among characters in a literary work.

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Dialogue

Question 18

An exaggeration or overstatement (e.g. I had to wait forever).

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Hyperbole

Question 19

A word or phrase used in a nonliteral sense to convey meaning or to heighten effect.

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Figure of Speech

Question 20

A trait that marks a work as imaginative or narrative (e.g. plot, theme, symbol).

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Element of Fiction

Question 21

The genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage.

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Drama

Question 22

The use of appropriate English in writing.

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Formal Writing Style

Question 23

A genre when events occur outside ordinary laws that operate within the universe (e.g. magic).

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Fantasy

Question 24

A punctuation mark (-) used to set of parenthetical elements that require special emphasis.

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Dash

Question 25

The system of rules that provides definition and structure to a given language

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Grammar

Question 26

A piece of information provided objectively and presented as true.

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Fact

Question 27

To make evident or prove.

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Demonstrate

Question 28

A visual cue on a page that offers additional information to guide the reader's comprehension.

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Heading, Graphic, and Chart

Question 29

Language that is not literal.

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Figurative Language

Question 30

The direct meaning of a word.

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Denotation

Question 31

A difference or discrimination made between two or more individuals, ideas, or events.

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Distinction

Question 32

The formal statement of the meaning of the word.

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Definition

Question 33

An anonymous and timeless tale that has been handed down orally over time among people.

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Folk Tale

Question 34

Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text.

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Explicit

Question 35

A text that shows the development of a historical event in proper chronological order.

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Historical Account

Question 36

Expressing ideas or thoughts at greater length or in great detail.

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Elaboration

Question 37

An instance that serves as an illustration of a point, principle, or model.

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Example

Question 38

To convey appearance, nature, and/or attributes using vivid observations.

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Describe

Question 39

A highlighted word or image in a document or on a website that can be clicked.

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Hyperlink

Question 40

The present participle (-ing) form of a verb used as a noun (e.g. Running is my favorite).

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Gerund

Question 41

Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and sometimes pronunciations.

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Homograph

Question 42

An occurrence within a piece of literary text that comprises the plot.

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Event

PSSA Eligible Content Vocabulary

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PSSA Eligible Content Vocabulary

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