PSSA Reading Review!

A judgement based on a personal point of view

The part of plot where the characters, conflict, and setting are introduced

A struggle between opposing characters

The ideas and feelings associated with a word

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

An extreme exaggeration

Plots against the main character causing conflict within the story

The person who tells the story

sounds that express meaning - bam, pow, boom

Factual writing- used to explain, argue, instruct, or describe rather than entertain

The way a non-fiction text is organized

I, we, us, our, my, me

A text structure that places events in the order they occurred

Collectively, the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

The turning point in a story - highest point of interest

The main character in a story/film

A story about somebody's life written by THAT person

Tactic in which the reader ispersuaded by a repeating a message over and over again 

The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usualmeaning

Words or a group of words that appeal to the 5 senses

A word that is the opposite of another word

The author's intent for writing something - to inform, to entertain, to persuade

The author’s attitude toward his topic is his/her

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities

Human qualities given to non-human objects

The author's central thought - the topic sentence of a paragraph

Groups of letters tacked on the beginning of a root word to change the meaning of a word

The author knows the characters thoughts and feelings - he, she, him, her, it, them, etc.

A broad statement about a category of people, ideas, or a belief about some of its members.

The feeling of a piece of writing - happiness, sadness, humorous, etc.

A story about a person's life written by another person

An object represents an idea

A literary work based on imagination: not true

The reader is persuaded by a famous person to endorse a product or idea

Logical conclusions the reader draws as he/she encounters the text

Comparing two things using the words like or as

The part of the story where the conflict is resolved

Two words that mean the same thing

The author knows only the actions of a character- he, she, him, her, it, they, them etc.

A form of communication that may use false or misleading information

Hints or clues that are given to the reader about what is yet to come...

A text structure that presents a dilemma and a resolution

Comparing two things NOT using like or as

Because something happens, it make something else happen

The major idea of the story