PSSA Review

What is fiction?

• Stories that actually happened in real life

• Stories that are based on imaginary or made-up events/characters

• Stories that are set in the past

• Stories that are set in the future

What is point of view?

• the perspective the story is told through

• the main focus

• the central idea

• the purpose for writing

What are character traits?

• how the character looks

• the speech of a character

• qualities or characteristics that give the character personality

What is the narrator of a story?

• who tells the story

• the main character

• the villain

• the author

What is the theme?

• the reason for writing

• the main character

• the actions that occur in the story

• what the author wants the reader to know/learn

What is the tone of a story?

• the author's attitude towards the subject

• the feeling you get from a story

• the lesson of a story

• the main idea of the story

What is the mood of a story?

• the overall feeling of a story

• the main idea

• the argument

• the details of a story

What is the plot of a story?

• the argument of a story

• the actions or events of a story

• the lesson of a story

• the main idea of a story

What is an author's purpose?

• the author's attitude

• the focus of a story

• the reason the author is writing the story

• the tone of a story