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PSSA Vocabulary

Authored by Michaela Braun

English

4th - 6th Grade

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PSSA Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a reference to a person, place, or piece of literature?

allusion

bulleted list

cast of characters

simile

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a text organization in which the author presents the events in the order in which they happened; also called sequence of events.

figurative language

stanza

act

chronological structure

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a comparison that does NOT use like or as?

simile

poem

metaphor

text structure

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a nonfictional text, such as biography, essay, textbook, in which the author presents information or facts about the real world?

text structure

informational text

formal language

idiom

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a problem that the characters in a fictional text solve?

conflict

rising action

falling action

conclusion

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a word or phrase that connects two sentences, paragraphs, or ideas to help the writing flow?

graphic feature

introduction

transition

paragraph

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a text organization in which the author points out how two or more things or ideas are alike and different?

author's purpose

claim

graphic feature

compare and contrast structure

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