PSSA Reading Review!

Text structure where something happens because of something else.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Language that cannot be taken literally because it was written to cause a certain feeling

What POV should you only use when writing out a formal paper?

Which sentence shows posession?

People are persuaded by showing how many people think something is true

Newspaper or magazines that gives the opinions of editors or publishers

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

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

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

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

Somebody is persuaded to do something because everyone is doing it

Text structure where there is a problem with possible outcomes

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities

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

Which of the following nouns is a COMMON noun?

The turning point in a story - highest point of interest

What should you do if you don't understand your TDA prompt?

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

Text structure where details are provided.

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

What is the correct order for plot?

The reader's feeling after reading of a piece of writing - happiness, sadness, humorous, etc.

A broad, general conclusion that you draw from several examples or pieces of evidence.

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

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

A struggle between opposing characters

sounds that express meaning - bam, pow, boom

Comparing two things NOT using like or as

Comparing two things using the words like or as

Are you going to try your best on PSSA?

Human qualities given to non-human objects

A judgement based on a personal point of view

What two things must go in your introduction paragraph of your TDA?

How many times should you read through a passage on your PSSA's?

Which is a fragment?

What is the simple predicate? Mr. Gehrlein runs very quickly.

What is the simple subject? Mr. Goelz runs very slowly.

The part of the story where the conflict is resolved

TDA stands for:

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

Because something happens, it make something else happen

An attack on a person instead of an issue

The reader is distracted with details not relevant to the argument

A literary work based on imagination: not true

A word that is the opposite of another word

Two words that mean the same thing

A conclusion is stated as part of proof of the argument

Text structure that puts information in chronological order

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

A story about somebody's life written by THAT person

I, we, us, our, my, me

An extreme exaggeration

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

An object represents an idea

At the absolute MINIMUM, how many paragraphs must your TDA response be?

Which of the following nouns is a PROPER noun?

Each body paragraph of your TDA response must contain a...

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

Claim statement is a synonym for what?