Duplicate of PSSA ELA Review - All 60

Judgement based upon an individual's personal experiences and beliefs

An object that represents an idea

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

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

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

What should you do when reading EVERY PSSA question, text, and prompt?

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

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

An UNtrue literary work based on imagination, not real life

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

A TDA essay must be at least ____ paragraphs.

Which POV should you use when writing a TDA essay?

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

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

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

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

Technique involving stating something more than once for effect

Text structure in which many details are provided about a topic

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

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

Which sentence shows possession?

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

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

Words with the same meaning

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

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

Propaganda/persuasion technique claiming that everyone is doing something

The central message or the thesis of a text

What two things must be included in the introduction paragraph of your TDA?

Text structure that includes information chronologically

The part of the story when the conflict is resolved

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

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

Saying the opposite of what one truly means

Which of the following nouns is a PROPER noun?

Human qualities given to non-humans

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

Words that are opposite in meanings

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

The turning point in a story; highest point of interest

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities

A direct comparison

An extreme exaggeration

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

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

Which of the following contains an appositive?

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

Words and expressions that cannot be taken literally

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

Propaganda/persuasion technique that distracts audience with irrelevant information

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

In a TDA, what must prove the thesis statement?

Comparison of two things using the words like or as

A story about somebody's life written by THAT person

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

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

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

Propaganda/persuasion technique involving criticism of the competition

Which is a fragment?

A nonfiction text structure in which case one event leads to another