PSSA Terms 1

When the main character overcomes challenges in the story; solves the problem

A point of view where the narrator is NOT in the story!

Group of letters placed after a word to modify its meaning

The repetition of beginning sounds in 2 or more consecutive words?

Writing that is NOT fictional; designed to describe rather than entertain. Factual

Any story that is the product of imagination rather than fact

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

What a text or paragraph is all about. Usually in Non-Ficiton.

The type of writing that tells a story

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without the use of like or as

How the author gives readers information about a character.  A description of a character.

Words to express the opposite of their meaning. EX: A fire truck catching on fire.

Type of writing that you must make a claim and support that claim with reasons and explanations

When you have a TDA you must use this type of reading.

The use of words that mimic sounds. EX:  Boom! Zap! Zoink!

The central idea of a literary work;the message the author wants you to learn. The life lesson.

To examine or judge carefully

Short narratives featuring mythical beings

The placement of story events in the order of their occurance

Pronouns that end in "self" or "selves". EX: Rick saw himself in the mirror.

A piece of information that can be proven.

A word or phrase that has become overly familiar. "One man's garbage is another man's treasure"

Pronouns that show ownership. EX: The book is mine.

The pattern or beat of a poem

Non-Fiction text, written to convey factual information

Language that is coded. Doesn't always mean what it says. Makes reading more interesting.

The quality or feeling conveyed by the work; manner of expression

The perspective from which a story is told

To examine the likeness and differences of two people, ideas, or things

A figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given human characteristics

The use of clues to give readers a hint of events that will occur later on

A saying that can't be understood from the words in it. It's raining cats and dogs.

Language that appeals to the senses. The use of vivid descriptions to produce mental images.

The feeling the author creates for the reader

True to life fiction; the people, places, and happenings are similar to those in real life

TAG RA are all found where in an open ended response?

Parts of a text that represent conversation.  "Please, hand me the rope," said Billy.

The story of a person's life told by SOMEONE ELSE!

An obstacle or challenge the main character in a story needs to solve

What do the "A" and "G" stand for in TAG RACES?

Part of the story where the plot becomes complicated. Conflicts. Leads to climax.

Source of tension in a book. Creates suspense. Found in rising action. Tin Soldier vs. Goblin

The use of a thing, character, object, or idea to represent something else

An affix put before a word to alter its meaning. "Im" in the word impossible.

A personal point of view or belief

Part of the plot after the climax where the conflicts from the rising action are solved

What are the most important letters in TAGRACES?

An exaggerated statement used to add effect. EX:  There were a million cops at the scene.

Events in a story that are told from a single character's point of view

Words with opposite meanings

An understanding gained by "reading between the lines." Not in text. How we find theme.

Type of writing on the PSSA where you must have plot, characters, setting, and dialogue.

What does the "T" in TAG RACES stand for?

The relationship in which one condition brings about another condition as a direct result

The moment in the story when the action reaches its greatest conflict; the turning point

Identical or similar recurring final sounds in words usually at end of lines of a poem

A narrative with animals that have human characteristics intended to convey a moral

Fiction represented in a setting true to the history of the time the story takes place

A figure of speech in which like or as are used to compare two unlike things

The time and place in which the story occurs

Words with similar meanings?  EX:  Difficult and hard

The story of a person's life written by THAT person.

A form of noun that shows "belonging to" by using an apostrophe

The character who tells the story. Can be in the 1st or 3rd person.

A category used to classify literary works

Writing that is NOT fictional; designed to describe rather than entertain. Factual

The insertion of an earlier event into the normal sequence of a narrative