PSSA Strategies
Literacy Vocabulary
Bullying
Math Vocabulary
Figurative Language
100
Math constructed response
What is a T-Chart
100
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words
What is ALLITERATION
100
If you see someone being bullied and you do nothing about it...
What is a "Bystander"
100
The smallest number that's a common multiple of 2 or more numbers
What is the LEAST COMMON DENOMINATOR
100
busy as a bee
What is a metaphor
200
A way to answer open ended literacy questions
What is Lawyer talk
200
The story of a person's life written be someone else
What is BIOGRAPHY
200
The ending of a story or summarizing the ideas in the text
What is the CONCLUSION
200
The average number in a set of data
What is the MEAN
200
He was so hungry, he ate the whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all
hyperbole
300
Remove answers that do not make sense
What is ELIMINATION
300
To make an overstatement or stretch the truth
What is EXAGGERATION
300
A line segment that goes from the center of a circle to the edge
What is the RADIUS
300
The vertical number line on a coordinate plane
What is the Y-Axis
300
My teddy bear gave me a hug
Personification
400
A way to start a writing prompt
What is TAG
400
The author's central thought, the chief topic of a text
What is MAIN IDEA
400
The horizontal number line on a coordinate plane
What is the X AXIS
400
The difference between the greatest and least number in a set of data
What is RANGE
400
Snap, crackle and pop
Onomatopoeia
500
Graphic organizer used to do vocabulary
What is the FRAYER MODEL
500
The ending of a story or summarizing the ideas in the text
What is CONCLUSION
500
The author's central thought, the chief topic of a text
What is the MAIN IDEA
500
The distance around a circle
What is CIRCUMFERENCE
500
She sells seashells by the seashore
Alliteration