ELA PSSA Review

What is the central idea of a text?

• The message or main idea.

• A summary of the text.

• The purpose.

• The emotional response.

What are the parts of a plot diagram?

• Exploration, Rising Action, Climax, Downfall, Death

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resume

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

• Exposition, Rising Action, Conflict, Falling Action, Resolution

What does R.A.C.E.S stand for in essay writing?

• Resolve, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary

• Restate, Awesome, Cite, Explore, Sumarize

• Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize

• Restate, Answer, Site, Explain, Summarize

What do you look at to find the central idea?

• Subheaders

• Topic Sentences

• Last Paragraph

• First Sentence

What is figurative language?

• A way of expressing ideas creatively.

• A genre of literature.

• A way to explain ideas.

• How fancy someone talks.

Which of the following are emo bands?

• iPrevail, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson

• Metallica, Pantera, ACDC

• My Chemical Feelings, Fallout Boy, Panic at the Disco

• Fallout Boy, Panic at The Disco, My Chemical Romance

What is characterization?

• The description of the setting of the story.

• The act of creating and describing characters in stories.

• The personality of the characters.

• The Point of View the story is told in.

Why is the climax important?

• The drama unfolds.

• Characters face the main conflict or enemy.

• The character's problems are resolved.

• The characters have a crying session together and eat cake.

What is an "allusion"?

• A trick to the eye.

• A reference to another literary work, recipe, movie, etc inside of a cake in a story.

• A reference to something that happened in the character's past.

• A reference to another literary work, music, movie, etc inside a book or story.

What are the three types of author's purpose?

• To inform, engage, and persuade

• To inform, entertain, and persuade

• To insinuate, entertain, and persuade

• To inform, entertain, and propose