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Flashcards: PSSA Glossary - Part 2

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Graphic organizer	A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships.
Homophone	One of two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning (e.g., hair/hare, scale (fish)/scale (musical)).
Hyperbole	An exaggeration or overstatement (e.g., I was so embarrassed I could have died.).
Idiomatic language	An expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally (e.g., Let’s get on the ball.).
Irony	The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result.

Literary conflict	The struggle that grows out of the interplay of the two opposing forces in a plot.
Literary elements	The essential techniques used in literature (e.g., characterization, setting, plot, theme).
Literary devices	Tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the writing (e.g., dialogue, alliteration).
Literary structures	The author’s method of organizing text (e.g., foreshadowing, flashbacks).
Metaphor	The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used (e.g., That new kid in class is really a squirrel.).

Meter	The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
Narrative	A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in writing.
Paraphrase	Restate text or passage in other words, often to clarify meaning or show understanding.
Pattern book	A book with a predictable language structure and often written with predictable text; also known as predictable book.
Personification	An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form (e.g., Flowers danced about the lawn.).

Phonics	The relationship between letters and sounds fundamental in beginning reading.
Point of view	The way in which an author reveals characters, events and ideas in telling a story; the vantage point from which the story is told.
Public document	A document that focuses on civic issues or matters of public policy at the community level and beyond.