Key PSSA vocabulary
Reading vocabulary
Writing vocabulary
Math vocabulary
Science vocabulary
100
To back up with proof or evidence-corroborate or substantiate.
What is Support?
100
Reference to person, place, thing, idea that society is familiar with "Hey Einstein".
What is Allusion?
100
Expressing an idea or thought at greater length or in greater detail.
What is Elaborate?
100
A sample that does not accurately portray an entire population; tries to sway opinion.
What is Biased sample?
100
Fungi, scavengers, rodents and other animals are examples of.
What is Decomposer ?
200
To make plain or clear; to clarify.
What is Explain?
200
Overall atmosphere of the ext, feeling readers get.
What is Mood?
200
Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text.
What is Explicit?
200
A sample that accurately portrays and entire population.
What is a Representative sample?
200
Divided or dividing into two parts or classifications.
What is Dichotomous?
300
To condense the substance of something larger; restate briefly.
What is Summarize?
300
Any technique authors use to keep the readers attention (imagery, figurative language, foreshadowing, irony, flashback).
What is Literary Device?
300
Not clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text.
What is Implicit?
300
A mathematical sentence with and equal sign.
What is and Equation?
300
A community of living organisms and their interrelated physical and chemical environment.
What is Ecosystem?
400
To examine so as to note the similarities and differences of.
What is Compare?
400
Type of figurative language that can't be taken literally, but give you an idea (A dirty look).
What is Idiom?
400
A group of words that begins with a capitol letter and ends with punctuation but is not a complete sentence because it lacks a subject or predicate or both.
What is Fragment?
400
Make an equation or inequality true.
What is Solve?
400
The ability of an ecosystem to maintain stability among its biological resources (e.g., forest, fisheries, crops) so that there is a steady optimum yield.
What is Equilibrium?
500
Compare in order to show differences.
What is Contrast?
500
Similie, metaphor, and hyperbole are examples of.
What is Figurative Language?
500
An expression that is peculiar to itself grammatically and cannot be understood from the individual meaning of its elements (an example, its raining cats and dogs).
What is Idiom?
500
Replace each variable with a number and simplify as needed.
What is Evaluate?
500
Information that has been objectively verified.
What is Fact?