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PSSA Vocabulary
PSSA Vocab 2
PSSA Vocab 3
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100
This is the person telling a story
What is the narrator?
100
This is the character in the story to whom the reader is most attached.
What is the protagonist?
100
This is the character who is against the protagonist.
Who is the antagonist?
100
The hayfork swiftly falls to the ground, narrowly missing Anvil.
What is the climax?
200
This is a form of narrative in which the story is told by one of the characters.
What is a first-person narrative?
200
This is a type of narrative in which the story is told directly to the reader or "you".
What is a second-person narrative?
200
This is a type of narrative in which the narrator tells the story by using pronouns such as "she" and "he".
What is a third-person narrative?
200
Anvil sat in the tree, eating Tucker's apples
What is the rising action?
300
A struggle between a character and himself/herself.
What is an internal conflict?
300
This is the reason that a character does something
What is a motive?
300
This is an adjective that is used to describe a character.
What is a trait?
300
Tucker asks his father for a tree instead of a horse.
What is the exposition?
400
This is a point in a story where the reader sees a time that is set prior to the main part of the story.
What is a flashback?
400
This is the sound of one's voice or the author's attitude towards his/her story.
What is tone?
400
This is a clue that is given to the reader that hints at what is to come in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Tucker tries to give his apples to Anvil
What is the resolution?
500
This is the main idea of a work of writing.
What is the theme?
500
This is the initial part of a story.
What is the exposition?
500
This is a type of narrative in which the narrator tells the story directly to "you".
What is the 2nd person?
500
Anvil stood perfectly still and his skin was pale
What is the falling action?