PSSA ELA Review - 2

the use of words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning (ex. hiss, pop, bang)

the story structure- the rising action, the climax, the falling action and the resolution.

distinguish, tell apart and recognize differences between two or more items.

the dictionary meaning of a word

exaggeration or overstatement

read between the lines; an educated guess

the story of a person's life written by himself or herself

tell why or how

to find the similarities between two things

the problem or struggle in a short story or novel

the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (ex. serious or humorous)

a personal point of view using "I" point of view; may also contain me, our, we ,us

support used in written prompts which is taken from the text (TDAs)

structure in nonfiction texts- author finds similarities and differences between two objects

to back up with details

a story of novel that is not factual; made up from the imagination

giving human-like qualities to non-human things

coming up with ways things are different

the pattern or beat of a poem

the author's central thought; the topic sentence of a paragraph

telling the short version, with only the main ideas

poetry that does not have meter or rhyme scheme; sounds like regular speech

to make an overstatement or stretch the truth

the method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities

conversation between people in a literary work