PSSA Vocabulary

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• alliteration

• climax

• compare and contrast

• dialogue

The turning point in the story

• Flashback

• Climax

• Conflict

• Imagery

A relationship in which change in one variable causes change in another.

• Compare and Contrast

• Character Traits (Characterization)

• Cause and effect

• Historical Fiction

To examine the likeness and differences of two people, ideas, or things.

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Conflict

• Climax

The main source of tension in a literary work; the disagreement between two forces or people that brings about dramatic action.

• Flashback

• Imagery

• Conflict

• Foreshadowing

The qualities that make up a character's personality.

• Dialogue

• Fact

• Figurative Language

• Character traits (Characterization)

Conversation between characters

• Dialogue

• Flashback

• Imagery

• Figurative Language

A piece of information that can be proven.

• Opinion

• Fact

• Flashback

• Imagery

Writing a speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

• Figurative language

• Imagery

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

A type of realistic fiction that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting, is real, but the characters are made up from the author's imagination.

• Non-fiction

• Fantasy

• Fiction

• Historical Fiction