Reading 7 & 8: PSSA & Keystone Terms

Wendy B.
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  1. affix
    attach to
  2. allegory
    a short moral story
  3. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  4. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  5. analysis
    abstract separation of something into its various parts
  6. antonym
    a word that expresses an opposite meaning
  7. argument
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  8. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  9. autobiography
    a book or account of your own life
  10. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
  11. character
    a property that defines the individual nature of something
  12. characterization
    the act of describing essential features
  13. climax
    the highest point of anything
  14. compare
    examine and note the similarities or differences of
  15. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  16. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
  17. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  18. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  19. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  20. dialogue
    a conversation between two persons
  21. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  22. differentiate
    acquire a distinct character
  23. drama
    a work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  24. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  25. evaluate
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  26. explain
    make plain and comprehensible
  27. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  28. exposition
    a collection of things for public display
  29. fact
    a piece of information about events that have occurred
  30. fiction
    a literary work based on the imagination
  31. figurative
    not literal
  32. first person
    pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker
  33. flashback
    a transition in a story to an earlier event or scene
  34. focus
    the concentration of attention or energy on something
  35. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
  36. generalization
    the process of abstracting common properties of instances
  37. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  38. heading
    a line of text indicating what the passage below it is about
  39. graphic
    written or drawn or engraved
  40. chart
    a visual display of data or information
  41. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  42. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  43. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  44. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  45. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
  46. text
    the words of something written
  47. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  48. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  49. literary
    relating to or characteristic of creative writing
  50. device
    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
  51. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  52. monologue
    a dramatic speech by a single actor
  53. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  54. motif
    a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
  55. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  56. narrator
    someone who tells a story
  57. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
  58. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  59. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  60. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  61. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  62. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  63. prefix
    an affix that is added in front of the word
  64. propaganda
    information that is spread to promote some cause
  65. resolution
    a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
  66. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  67. setting
    the physical position of something
  68. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  69. soliloquy
    speech you make to yourself
  70. Speaker
    the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
  71. style
    how something is done or how it happens
  72. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
  73. summarize
    briefly present the main points of something
  74. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
  75. synonym
    a word that expresses the same or similar meaning
  76. syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
  77. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  78. third person
    pronouns referring to people besides the speaker or listener
  79. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  80. voice
    the sound made when a person speaks
Created on Mon Feb 04 13:21:35 EST 2013

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