PSSA Vocabulary Review: Reading Terms

This is a conclusion, drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person. (Kids love pizza!)

• inference

• generalization

• mood

• tone

This is a judgment based on reasoning rather than on direct or explicit statements; “reading between the lines”

• inference

• generalization

• tone

• mood

This is meaning that is indirectly implied in text.

• implicit

• explicit

• tone

• mood

This is meaning that is directly stated in the text.

• implicit

• explicit

• tone

• mood

This is the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters.

• implicit

• explicit

• tone

• mood

This is what the reader takes from a poem or story.

• explicit

• implicit

• tone

• mood