WorksheetsPSSA Vocabulary Part 2 ELA
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
__________________________ is the author's intent to inform, to entertain, or to persuade.
Author's purpose
Bias
Main Idea
__________________________ is a judgment based on a personal point of view.
Author's purpose
Bias
Main Idea
__________________________ is the author's central thought; the topic of a paragraph.
Author's purpose
Bias
Main Idea
___________________________ is the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the work.
Biography
Autobiography
___________________________ is the story of a person's life written by himself or herself.
Biography
Autobiography
___________________________ is when a cause statement stems from actions and events, and effects are what happen as a result.
Cause and Effect
Compare
Contrast
___________________________ is when an author places characters, situations, or ideas together to show common or differing features in literary selections.
Cause and Effect
Compare
Contrast
___________________________ is when an author compares or appraises difference.
Cause and Effect
Compare
Contrast
An ______________________ is a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers.
editorial
fiction piece
nonfiction piece
__________________ is factual writing that is designed primarily to explain, argue, instruct, or describe rather than entertain.
Editorial
Nonfiction
Fiction
__________________ is a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Editorial
Nonfiction
Fiction
_______________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the attack is on a person instead of an issue.
Name-calling
Bandwagon
Red herring
Emotional appeal
_______________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is distracted with details not relevant to the argument.
Name-calling
Bandwagon
Red herring
Emotional appeal
_______________________ 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.
Name-calling
Bandwagon
Red herring
Emotional appeal
_______________________ 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.
Name-calling
Bandwagon
Red herring
Emotional appeal
________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is persuaded by a famous person.
Testimonial
Repetition
Sweeping generalization
Circular argument
________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is persuaded by a repeated message.
Testimonial
Repetition
Sweeping generalization
Circular argument
________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the author makes an oversimplified statement about a group based on limited information.
Testimonial
Repetition
Sweeping generalization
Circular argument
Appeal to numbers, facts, statistics
________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which a conclusion is stated as part of proof of the argument.
Testimonial
Repetition
Sweeping generalization
Circular argument
Appeal to numbers, facts, statistics
________________________ is a propaganda technique or persuasive tactic in which the reader is persuaded by showing how many people think something is true.
Testimonial
Repetition
Sweeping generalization
Circular argument
Appeal to numbers, facts, statistics
