reading PSSA
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- alliteration
- The repetition of neighboring consonant sounds in neighboring words.
- allusion
- A reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.
- antonym
- A word that is the opposite of another word.
- analysis
- The process or result of identifying the parts of the whole and their relationships to one another.
- characterization
- The method an author uses to reveal his characters and their personalities.
- compare
- To show common or differing features
- context clues
- Information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words.
- figurative language
- Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
- focus
- The center of interest or attention
- genre
- A category used to identify literary works, usually by form, technique, or content (prose, poetry, etc.)
- graphic organizer
- a diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships
- homophone
- A word that is pronounced the same but has a different meaning.
- hyperbole
- an exaggeration or over statement
- idiom
- An expression that has a meaning that cannot be understood if taken literally
- informational passage
- nonfiction selection
- irony
- The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning.
- literary conflict
- the struggle that grows out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in a plot
- literary devices
- tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to writing such as dialogue and alliteration
- literary elements
- The essential techniques used in literature, such as characterization, setting, plot, and theme
- literary structures
- the author's method of organizing text, such as foreshadowing and flashbacks
- metaphor
- The comparison of two unlike things with out using like or as
- narrative
- a story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in writing
- narrative passage
- text in any form that tells a story
- paraphrase
- restate the text or passage in other words often to clarify meaning or show understanding
- personification
- an object or abstract idea that is given human qualities or form
- phonics
- the relationship between letters and sounds
- point of view
- the vantage point from which the story is told
- purpose statement
- a statement used to establish the reason for reading a passage, article, or story
- satire
- a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness
- simile
- the comparison of two unlike things using like or as
- synonym
- words that have similar meanings
- theme
- the major idea of a literary work
- onomatopoeia
- words that sound like the noise that they are
- fact
- statement that can be proved to be true
- opinion
- statement based on thoughts or emotions
- slang
- language used that is not grammatically corect
- meter
- the beat in a poem
- rhyme
- ending lines in a verse with the same sound