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Headings, subheadings, charts, captions, and tables are all examples of...

Biography, essay, speech, interview, and textbook are all examples of...

8th Grade ELA PSSA Review #1

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8th grade ELA PSSA Review

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Biography, essay, speech, interview, and textbook are all examples of...
fiction
Reality TV
autobiographies
Nonfiction
2
Headings, subheadings, charts, captions, and tables are all examples of...
text structure
graphics
main idea
text features
3
What is text dependent analysis?
The answer is historically accurate
The answer depends on what I learned from a video
The answer is based on your opinion
The answer depends on the text
4
What am I looking for when the question asks "What is the author's purpose"?
The main idea
The reason an author wrote something
Theme
Lesson of the text
5
Personification, symbolism, metaphors, and similes are all examples of...
Figurative Language
Both literary devices and figurative language
Literary Devices
6
When you summarize, you...
Explain the beginning and ending
Look for important information
Take important information and put it in your own words
Explain the main idea
7
What is theme?
topic
main idea
central idea
central message
8
First person, third person, and the speaker all have to do with...
perspective
reading
narrator
point of view
9
Which of the following is NOT part of a plot diagram?
falling action
narrator
exposition
climax
10
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
One compares using "like or as" and the other does not
Both look for differences
Both compare similar things
One uses "similar to" and the other does not