PSSA
Figurative Language
Text Analysis
Tenses
Parts of Speech
100

Are you allowed to have your phones during testing

No

100

Comparing using "like" or "as"

simile

100

The problem in a story

Conflict

100

I went to the park.

past

100

Replaces a noun- he, she, they

pronoun

200

You are allowed to copy or discuss questions on the PSSA?

False

200

Comparing without using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

200

How a text is organized

Text structure

200

The girl is swimming in the pool.

present

200

describes a noun

adjective

300

You should get a good night's sleep before testing?

True

300

Exaggeration

Hyperbole

300

How the conflict is resolved. 

Resolution

300

"will have studied"

future

300

action or state of being

verb

400

Can you draw after you are done testing and waiting for the test to end? If Not, what can you do?

False, read a book or nap.

400

Giving human qualities

Personification

400

Qualities that describe a character

Character traits

400

"had tripped"

past

400

describes a verb or adjective

adverb

500

The PSSA is a timed test? 

False

500

Repetition of consonant sounds

Alliteration

500

Drawing a conclusion based on evidence

Inference

500

"has tripped"

present

500

shows a relationship between words- under, below, above

preposition