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Reading Strategies
Open-Ended
Test Structures
Roots & Affixes
Context Clues
100
The name the author gives a passage.
What is the title.
100
The first sentence of your answer.
What is the thesis.
100
The structure used by authors to point out the similarities and differences between two things.
What is Compare and Contrast
100
re- in the word revisit.
What is prefix.
100
These are words with similar meanings.
What are synonyms.
200
The first sentence of a paragraph that gives readers an idea about what the paragraph will be about?
What is the topic sentence.
200
This should follow every quotation you use.
What is an explanation.
200
This structure is used when authors group similar things into categories.
What is classification.
200
What is the root of the word instilled?
What is still.
200
These are words with opposite meanings.
What are antonyms.
300
The most important words in a passage.
What are key words.
300
This is how many topic sentences a question in which you asked to compare and contrast two things should have.
What are two.
300
An example of this structure would be an article that describes how war has resulted in higher gas prices.
What is cause and effect.
300
What is the meaning of the prefix be-?
What is to make.
300
This is casual language that includes made-up words.
What is slang.
400
Visual features that help get the passage's point across.
What are illustrations.
400
This is when you are finished writing your response.
What is you have answered all parts of the question in full.
400
This structure is used when the writer begins with specific ideas that lead to a general idea.
What is induction.
400
What does the suffix -er mean?
What is one who does something or a comparison.
400
This is a brief article that appears next to the main text.
What is a sidebar.
500
The ways authors call attention to important ideas in the writing.
What are text features.
500
This is how much time you should should spend proofreading your PSSA open-ended question.
What is almost none.
500
This structure is used when the writer puts things in order based on their real-life location.
What is spatial order.
500
What does the root -soph- mean?
What is wisdom.
500
These are words that have more than one definition.
What are multi-meaning words.