Top 100 Words for PSAT 8/9 Reading & English

The term 'Analyze' means:

• To examine in detail

• To ignore

• To summarize

• To create

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The term 'Infer' means:

• To conclude from evidence

• To ignore information

• To ask a question

• To provide evidence

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

What does the term 'Tone' mean?

• The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

• A musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.

• A modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood.

• The particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue of a shade of a color.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The term 'Theme' means:

• a central idea or message in a work of art

• a type of musical composition

• a decorative design or pattern

• a specific style of architecture

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The term 'Central idea' means:

• The main point or message of a text

• A minor detail in a story

• The author's biography

• The setting of the story

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The term 'Figurative' means:

• Literal

• Symbolic

• Mathematical

• Historical

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does the term 'Metaphor' mean?

• A comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

• A figure of speech that uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things.

• A literary device that gives human traits to non-human things.

• A statement that contradicts itself but might be true.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The term 'Simile' means:

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A type of metaphor

• A form of hyperbole

• A literary device that uses personification

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The term 'Irony' means:

• A coincidence

• A form of sarcasm

• A literary device where the intended meaning is opposite to the literal meaning

• A type of metaphor

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What does the term 'Bias' mean?

• A tendency to lean in a certain direction, often to the detriment of an open mind

• A complete lack of preference or inclination

• A mathematical term for average

• A type of statistical error

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CCSS.RL.5.6