PSSA ELA Review

The opinion statement (thesis) of a persuasive/argumentative text

Persuasive newspaper or magazine articles that present opinions of editors or publishers

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

Which of the following contains an appositive?

Text structure in which many details are provided about a topic

An UNtrue literary work based on imagination, not real life

Judgement based upon an individual's personal experiences and beliefs

Recognizing an opposite opinion to demonstrate awareness in a persuasive/ argumentative text

What does REDUNDANT mean?

Without bias

Propaganda/persuasion technique that distracts audience with irrelevant information

When the opposite of what you expect happens

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities

Which of the following might you consider if you are asked about the STRUCTURE of a text?

Appeal to the reader's emotions instead of logic or reasoning

A TDA essay must be at least ____ paragraphs.

Which of these is not an element of poetry?

An extreme exaggeration

A struggle between a character and an outside force (another character, fate, nature, etc)

What will make my teacher very happy in regard to the PSSAs?

Which of the following nouns is a PROPER noun?

Comparison of two things using the words like or as

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

After reading a TDA prompt and then REreading the text, what should you do next?

Which stages are in the correct order in regard to plot?

POV in which an outside narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character

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

What does your conclusion paragraph in your TDA response need to include?

Propaganda/persuasion technique claiming that everyone is doing something

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

Each TDA body paragraph must contain a statement to prove the thesis, PLUS ...

a speech given by one actor

Sounds that express meaning (such as ring, whisper, boom)

Which of the following is a common noun and thus should NOT be capitalized?

POV in which the narrator knows several or maybe all characters' thoughts/feelings

A text called "How to Build an Awesome Lego City" probably fits which text structure (mostly)?

The writer's reason for writing something: to inform, to entertain, to persuade

Technique involving stating something more than once for effect

A direct comparison

Which of these is not an element of a drama?

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

The feeling created by a text (such as excitement, sadness, humor, etc)

Which is a fragment?

Which sentence shows possession?

Words with the same meaning

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

Which corrects the run-on? Jim is buying a new house he can host the next party.

POV using I, we, us, our, my, me...

The part of the story when the conflict is resolved

Human qualities given to non-humans

Words that are opposite in meanings

Text structure that includes information chronologically

Saying the opposite of what one truly means

A character who changes or learns/grows during the course of a story

A story about somebody's life written by THAT person

Propaganda/persuasion technique that uses a celebrity to endorse a product or idea

Words and expressions that cannot be taken literally

A nonfiction text structure in where one event leads to another

The turning point in a story; highest point of interest

The central message or the thesis of a text

An object that represents an idea

In a TDA, what must prove the thesis statement?

Propaganda/persuasion technique involving criticism of the competition