2016 PSSA Terms - Kreutzer

Writing that is not poetry

A comparison that uses the words like or as.

A short poem that is like a song and usually deals with the speakers thoughts or feeling

What is the difference between fact and opinion?

Unfair preference or dislike for someone or something

A made up story that teaches a lesson; it may have animal characters acting like people.

A smaller section in an act or a drama.

_ is the last step of the writing process; letting others read your work 

What is a theme?

A person, animal, thing or an object that takes part in the action of a story 

A story that is performed on a stage by actors 

_______ are words and phrases that help you understand the meaning of a word you do not know.

A word such as "and," "but," or "or" that connects two sentences, words, or phrases.

A word or phrase that means the same as its dictionary meaning

The reason an author writes a text - usually to inform, entertain, or persuade the reader.  

A sentence that explains the main idea of either a paragraph or an informative text 

An ___ is a reference to a person, place, event, or work of literature, such as a myth.

A belief based on feelings that cannot be proven true.

The lesson or message that the author of a story or poem wants to share.

An account of an event written by someone that didn't actually see or experience it.

Can, might, should, could and must are all examples of...

The ____ appears at the beginning of a drama.

believable; reliable

The person or character who tells a story. 

The tense that shows action in progress, using a form of the verb be, with the main idea.

A series of lines that make up a section of a poem.

A very short poem, usually about nature, that has 3 lines and only 17 syllables (5 - 7 - 5)

The punctuation mark used to separate elements within a list of items.

To show how objects, ideas, people, places or events are different

The ''beat'', or pattern of rhythm, in a poem.  

to carry meaning; communicate

What is an ellipsis?

The _____ is what happens in the story.

A smaller section of an act in a drama.

A row of words in a poem; the basic building block.  Similar to a sentence.

When something represents something else - could be a color, a word, a person, an object, etc.

A word that shows action or state of being.

__ is a word or phrase with a different meaning from the sum meaning of the individual words

A limerick is...

The result of a cause.

Where and when a story happens.

A comparision between unlike things that does not use like or as

Words that have the same or almost the same meaning.

A poem that tells a story.

When the narrator is not a character in the story.

The marks used in sentences that help readers understand the meaning.

A word that describes a sound

Is a poem that does not follow fixed rules of rythm or rhyme

The specific part that you are observing or studying

an educated guess that a reader makes about a text based on evidence the author provides

The subject, or main idea, of a text.

The reason something happens

What is the cast of characters?

decide by reasoning

Is a word part added to the beginning or end of a word or root to make a new word

Is an illustration:

Short titles in a piece of writing that says what is coming.

The repetition of consonant sounds.

Perfect Pink Poetry Packet is an example of 

What the R stands for in FATPRI

An example of a Transition word is:

The repeating of a word, phrase or line

study the parts of something

A reference to a person, place, event, or piece of literature.

A poem that does not follow fixed rules of rhythm or rhyme

The high point of action in a story is called the ___.

A poem that does not follow fixed rules of rhythm or rhyme. 

A topic is:

A traditional story from a certain place; may give reasons for how something works