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PSSA Prep RELA Vocab
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The moment when the conflict is at its most intense
resolution
rising action
plot
climax
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The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities is...
author's purpose
point of view
characterization
personification
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Placing together characters, situations, or ideas to show common or differing features
compare
context clues
main idea
contrast
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A judgement based on a personal point of view is called...
author's purpose
theme
bias
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Information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words is ...
context clues
contrast
inference
compare
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the part of the story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated
resolution
rising action
genre
climax
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A topic of discussion or writing is called the ....
summary
author's purpose
main idea
theme
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A conclusion drawn from specific information, that is used to make a broad statement is a ...
summary
theme
voice
generalization
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The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that make it unique to the writer is...
simile
voice
metaphor
personification
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Man versus Nature is an example of a ....
comparison
conflict
contrast
inference
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To present action(s) that occurred before the story begins is ...
bias
flashback
foreshadowing
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A literary device used to create expectation for later developments is ...
flashback
foreshadowing
fluency
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to summarize is to ...
information from the reading
when you tell everything that happened in the story
to compare and contrast differences
to retell key events in your own words
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groups of letters that can be placed
before a word
to alter its meaning
prefix
suffix
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A group of letters that can be placed
after a word
to modify its meaning.
prefix
suffix
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The portion of the story following the climax where conflict is solved
summary
plot
resolution
rising action
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an inference is...
B. a conclusion based on facts or circumstances
C. a turning point in a narrative
A. reading between the lines
Both A and B
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the author's central thought
theme
plot
main idea
climax
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The clear, easy, written or spoken expression of ideas is ...
theme
main idea
point of view
fluency
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When the author writes to inform, persuade, or entertain this is called ...
point of view
author's purpose
theme
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The vantage point from which a story is told is ....
point of view
foreshadowing
author's purpose
flashback
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The clouds dance in the morning sky is an example of ....
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
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To compare or appraise differences
inference
compare
summarize
contrast
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The structure of a story
summary
plot
main idea
rising action
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Historical fiction and poetry are examples of this.
plot
context clues
genre
main idea
