PSSA 7 Vocabulary

the use of words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning

the author's intent to teach someone, to entertain people, or to persuade their audience

Example: She is as quick as a fox.

The prevailing emotions of a work or of the author in his or her creation of the work

a device used in literature to present action that occurred before the beginning of the story

one of two or more words in a language that have highly similar meanings

a comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparision like or as is used

Example: Biographies, Autobiographies, letters, journals, diaries, memoirs

Example: similarities

the actual result is different than the expected result

the turning point in a narrative; the moment when the conflict is most intense

the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words

an implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place or event

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

Example: Harry Potter Series

an object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form

a word that is the opposite of another word

narrative perspective from which literary work is presented to reader from godlike perspective

a word or group of words appealing to sight, taste, touch, hearing, smell

Which of the following is an antonym for Sharp?

language that can't be taken literally since it was written to create special effect or feeling

a device used in literature to create expectation or explanation of later developments

the author's central thought; the topic sentence of a paragraph

Title: Michael Phelps Swimming for Olympic Gold Author: David P. Torsiello

factual writing that is designed primarily to explain or describe rather than entertain

the method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities

The lake was a moonlit mirror.

a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers

Example: You stayed up late studying for a test; therefore, you are tired the next day.

the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the work

the story of a person's life written by himself or herself

Personal point of view; relates events as they are perceived by a single character

a figure of speech that expresses an idea through the image of another object.

a judgment based on a personal point of view

Which of the following is a synonym for Sorrow?

Part of the plot which introduces the characters, setting, and conflict.

The angle from which a story is told; dependent upon who is telling the story.

Title: Bill Peet An Autobiography Author: Bill Peet

Example: differences

to make an overstatement or to stretch the truth