PSSA Terms Review

an opinion based on someone's point of view

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Words that have highly similar meanings?

Showing how two or more things are similar or alike

Someone other than the character telling the story

The part of the story that leads to the turning point of climax

To "read between the lines" of a text

A group of letters that can be placed before a word to alter its meaning

The author's reason for writing text (persuade, inform, entertain)

Conversation in text

The events in a story

A word  that has the opposite meaning of another word

The "big idea" or message from the text

Writing meant to share ideas and create emotion for the reader 

How the author shows a character's personality and/or qualities

the turning point in a narrative or story

A form of a noun or pronoun that indicates possession usually formed by adding 's

A device in literature where an object represents an idea

A literary device used to let the reader know about something that is going to happen 

A struggle between characters, forces, and/or emotions

Text that is true and that gives information

Showing how two or more things are different

When an animal or an object is given human traits

Story written form one character's point of view (Ex: I, me, my, we)

the story of a person's life written by someone else

Restate text of passage in ones own words

A text that tells a story

Any text that is made up or not true

Language used in text to create a special effect or feeling

To tell the difference between two or more items

Words that imitate sounds

To record the most important parts of a text in your own words

A conclusion drawn from a specific information that is used to make a statement about a group

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a pattern