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PSSA Vocabulary Part 2 ELA

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________________________ is the author's intent to inform, to entertain, or to persuade.

a)

Author's purpose

b)

Bias

c)

Main Idea

2.

__________________________ is a judgment based on a personal point of view.

a)

Author's purpose

b)

Bias

c)

Main Idea

3.

__________________________ is the author's central thought; the topic of a paragraph.

a)

Author's purpose

b)

Bias

c)

Main Idea

4.

___________________________ is the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the work.

a)

Biography

b)

Autobiography

5.

___________________________ is the story of a person's life written by himself or herself.

a)

Biography

b)

Autobiography

6.

___________________________ is when a cause statement stems from actions and events, and effects are what happen as a result.

a)

Cause and Effect

b)

Compare

c)

Contrast

7.

___________________________ is when an author places characters, situations, or ideas together to show common or differing features in literary selections.

a)

Cause and Effect

b)

Compare

c)

Contrast

8.

___________________________ is when an author compares or appraises difference.

a)

Cause and Effect

b)

Compare

c)

Contrast

9.

An ______________________ is a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers.

a)

editorial

b)

fiction piece

c)

nonfiction piece

10.

__________________ is factual writing that is designed primarily to explain, argue, instruct, or describe rather than entertain.

a)

Editorial

b)

Nonfiction

c)

Fiction

11.

__________________ is a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.

a)

Editorial

b)

Nonfiction

c)

Fiction

12.

_______________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the attack is on a person instead of an issue.

a)

Name-calling

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Red herring

d)

Emotional appeal

13.

_______________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is distracted with details not relevant to the argument.

a)

Name-calling

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Red herring

d)

Emotional appeal

14.

_______________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is persuaded to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or "everyone" is doing it.

a)

Name-calling

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Red herring

d)

Emotional appeal

15.

_______________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is persuaded by words that appeal to the reader's emotions instead of logic or reason.

a)

Name-calling

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Red herring

d)

Emotional appeal

16.

________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is persuaded by a famous person.

a)

Testimonial

b)

Repetition

c)

Sweeping generalization

d)

Circular argument

17.

________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is persuaded by a repeated message.

a)

Testimonial

b)

Repetition

c)

Sweeping generalization

d)

Circular argument

18.

________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the author makes an oversimplified statement about a group based on limited information.

a)

Testimonial

b)

Repetition

c)

Sweeping generalization

d)

Circular argument

e)

Appeal to numbers, facts, statistics

19.

________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which a conclusion is stated as part of proof of the argument.

a)

Testimonial

b)

Repetition

c)

Sweeping generalization

d)

Circular argument

e)

Appeal to numbers, facts, statistics

20.

________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is persuaded by showing how many people think something is true.

a)

Testimonial

b)

Repetition

c)

Sweeping generalization

d)

Circular argument

e)

Appeal to numbers, facts, statistics