Third Grade PSSA Reading Review

Two words that mean the same thing

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

Comparing two things NOT using like or as

What is the simple subject? Mrs. Lucas runs very slow.

A word that is the opposite of another word

Human qualities given to non-human objects

Text structure that puts information in chronological order

The part of the story where the conflict is resolved

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

I, we, us, our, my, me

An extreme exaggeration

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

Which of the following nouns is a COMMON noun?

Text structure where something happens because of something else.

Which is a fragment?

What is the simple predicate? Mrs. Lucas runs very slow.

Comparing two things using the words like or as

Which sentence shows posession?

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

Text structure where there is a problem with possible outcomes

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

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

A struggle between opposing characters

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

Which of the following nouns is a PROPER noun?

sounds that express meaning - bam, pow, boom

Because something happens, it make something else happen

Which sentence is INCORRECT?

A story about somebody's life written by THAT person

A literary work based on imagination: not true