PSSA Vocabulary Set 1

Front

A look back to an earlier event...

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Flashback

Front

A plot mechanic in which a future event is revealed.

Back

Flashforward

Front

A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes in the reader

Back

mood

Front

What is a cliffhanger?

Back

The ending of an episode or book leaving the reader in suspense

Front

What are the three reasons we write? (Author’s purpose for writing)

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Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Front

to draw a conclusion based on evidence

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infer

Front

The view from which the story is told; sometimes a narrator, sometimes a character

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Point of View

Front

Note the differences between two or more things.

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Contrast

Front

Categories for writing/books; Some examples are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.

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Genre

Front

Ways to organize texts or your writing; You can use sequence, question/answer, compare/contrast, cause/effect, or problem/solution.

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Text Structure