PSSA Prep (A)
PSSA Prep (B)
PSSA Prep (C)
PSSA Prep (D)
PSSA Prep (E)
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When my parents told me we would be moving to a small town with only 3,000 people in it, I have to say, I wasn’t real happy. I thought there wouldn’t be anything to do. There would be no malls, no 10-screen movie theatres, and no downtown areas.
What is the point of view
1.First Person 2.Third Person
3.Second Person 4.Omniscient
First Person
100
The person telling the story is called the __________.
Narrator
100
How many pieces of text evidence should you include in a TDA?
3!!
100
What does a summary not include?
your opinion
100
What are two different ways that conflict can occur within a story?
Internal/External
200
Explain the difference between third person limited point of view and omniscient point of view.
limited- thoughts and feelings of one character
omniscient- thoughts and feelings of ALL characters
200
What is the theme of a story?
message or lesson of a story
200
Fix the error.
I made a salad. It had lettuce tomato and croutons.
I made a salad that had lettuce, tomato, and croutons.
200
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
200
What is connotation?
positive/negative/neutral feelings a word has
ex: aroma/stench/scent
300
What does denotation mean?
literal meaning of a word
300
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
300
What is the difference between a metaphor and simile?
metaphor = compares without using like/as
simile = compares WITH using like/as
300
Give an example of a hyperbole.
I could eat a horse...
An Exaggeration!
300
Despite Erica’s serious tone, I found her story about trolls playing Frisbee on her lawn to be quite hilarious.
Which of the following is an antonym of hilarious?
humorous 2.somber 3.exhilarated 4. untrue
2. somber
400
What would the author’s purpose be of each of the following:
- your social studies book?
- a comic strip?
- a commercial?
-inform
-entertain
-persuade
400
What is main idea/central idea?
What the text is mostly about.
400
Most rattlesnakes live where humans don’t: in deserts and canyons and on mountains. For that reason, most snake species are not threatened or endangered. They continue to live without problems from humans.
What is the author’s purpose?
Inform, Persuade, Entertain, or None
Inform
400
What is the subject pronoun in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
She
400
Running Water
Water plops into pond
Splish-splash downhill
Warbling magpies in tree
Trilling, melodic thrill.
Whoosh, passing breeze
Flags flutter and flap
Frog croaks, bird whistles
Babbling bubbles from tap.
Which form of figurative language is used consistently throughout the poem “Running Water”?
Onomatopoeia
500
No matter how many times I asked about my birthday presents, no one would spill the beans.
What form of figurative language is spill the beans, and what does this phrase mean?
-Idiom
-Reveal secret information
500
Name the Plot Elements:
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
500
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
500
The knights were indignant. What could this mere child know about slaying dragons and saving kingdoms? How dare this unworthy youngster challenge the best of them to a contest!
As it is used in the passage, what does indignant mean?
insulted 2. saddened 3.joyous 4. frightened
Insulted
500
Name 3 things that make a great TDA!
-3 pieces of text evidence
-5 paragraphs
-Using RACES (restate the question, answer the question, cite evidence from the text, explain how the evidence proves your answer, and summarize)