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PSSA Terms Test

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of 45 available terms

5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. irony
  2. thesis
  3. literary elements
  4. antonym
  5. context clues
  1. a The essential techniques used in literature (e.g., characterization, setting, plot, theme).
  2. b a word opposite in meaning to another
  3. c information from the reading that helps the reader to identify the meaning of an unknown word
  4. d Basic argument by a speaker or writer
  5. e incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. the perspective from which a story is told
  2. to restate in other words
  3. Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and personification.
  4. diagram or pictoral device that shows relationship
  5. two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

5 True/False Questions

  1. self-monitorthe study of language meaning

          

  2. idiomatic languageWriting or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and personification.

          

  3. syntaxA word that means the same as another word

          

  4. meterThe repitition of stressed and unstressed syllables

          

  5. synonymA word that means the same as another word