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PSSA Review ELA 7
PSSA Review ELA 7
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A fun way to review for the ELA PSSA for 7th grade students.
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an autobiography is...
A fictional story told by himself or herself
a fiction story written by someone else
a non fiction story told by himself or herself
a story written while in an automobile
2
Informational text is found in...
The Tribune Democrat
Harry Potter, Twilight
The Hunger Games
Diary of a Wimpy kid
3
Somebody is persuaded to do something because everyone is doing it
bandwagon
red herring
appeal to numbers
namecalling
4
Poetry that does not have meter or rhyme scheme. It sounds more like regular speech.
serious
traditional
free verse
spittin rhymes
5
The reader is persuaded by a famous person to endorse a product or idea
testimonial
bandwagon
emotional appeal
copycats
6
Are you going to try your best on your PSSA?
Absolutely!
um...NO.
For sure!
Yes
7
The sequence of events in a story. Includes: rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Mountain rising
exposition
Chronological
Plot
8
What are your five sense?
burp, yawn, sneeze, cough
sad, happy, mean, confused, depressed
taste, touch, smell, hear, feel
9
The story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the work.
Fiction
allusion
biography
Autobiography
10
Denotation is..
The direct or dictionary meaning of a word.
tone
an attitude
A feeling a word creates
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The emotion created in a reader
mood
mode
criticism
climax
12
Appealing to a reader's emotions rather than facts and logic
name-calling
stereotyping
snob appeal
emotional appeal
13
Conversation is also known as ________ (literary terminology)
speaking
talking
dialogue
yapping
14
What does your conclusion paragraph in your TDA response need to include?
Restate your intro in a different way
The same exact thing as your introduction
Direct quotes
No conclusion
15
What does a "TAG sentence" include?
Title, author, genre
Sale TAGs
topic, attitude, gabbbing
Thesis, actors, genre
16
What should you do if you don't understand your TDA question?
give up
Try your best
17
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things not using "like" or "as"
Comparing similar things not using "like" or "as".
An exaggeration
Using "like" or "as" to compare items
18
A problem in a story is also know as the...
resolution
antagonist
angry moment
conflict
19
In TDAs, what should you do in your 3 body paragraphs?
tell, show, explain
show, explain, tell
show, tell, explain
explain, tell, show
20
What part of the plot do we meet the characters?
After someone dies
During the credits
Resolution
Exposition
21
A literary work based on imagination: not true
fiction
nonfiction
22
The author's central thought; the topic sentence of a paragraph is called the...
paragraph
conclusion
main idea
Thesis
23
The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities.
characterization
dialogue
imagery
mood
24
TDA stands for:
Text Dependent Analysis
TAICE denotation analysis
Thesis Denotation Analysis
Text Detailed Analysis
25
Connotation is...
Symbolism
a dictionary definition
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests
a limerick
26
What two things must go in your introduction paragraph of your TDA?
Direct quotes and explanations
Concluding transition sentences
A TAG sentence and a thesis
Your own opinion using first POV
27
Which of the following nouns is a PROPER noun?
teacher
Miss Gutshall
school
building
28
What is the correct order for plot?
rising action,exposition, climax, resolution, falling action
falling action,resolution, climax, rising action, exposition
resolution, rising action,climax, falling action, exposition
exposition, rising action, climax,falling action, resolution
29
When you give human qualities to non human things, this is called...
Personification
metaphor
Living life
Slander
30
To appeal to one or more of a reader's senses.
romance
imagery
scenic feels
sensory
31
A word that is opposite in meaning.
antonym
synonym
32
Language not to be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
Sound effects
sarcasm
Figurative Language
drama
33
Repetition of the same beginning sounds is called...
hyperbole
assonance
Simile
alliteration
34
The high point of a story is called
climax
rising action
plot
the ending
35
A personal point of view using the "I" point of view. May also contain me, our, we, us.
first person
ninth person
second person
third person
36
Because something happens, it make something else happen
problem/solution
cause and effect
description
sequence
37
Words that express their sounds is known as...
onomatopoeia
cartooney
hyperbole
annoying
38
Each body paragraph of your TDA response must contain...
a direct quote (citation)
your own opinion
a thesis statement
a TAG sentence
39
How many times
should
you read through a passage on your PSSA's?
only once
three times
two times
40
At the absolute MINIMUM, how many paragraphs must your TDA response be?
5
2
3
4
41
Which is a fragment?
Books spread around the room.
The backpack was on the chair.
I love Johnstown Middle School.
My teacher is the best person.
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author's intent: either to inform, to entertain, or to persuade is also called...
bias
judgement
author's purpose
perspective
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a judgement based on a personal point of view is called...
hypocrite
understanding
agreement
bias
