PSSA Reading Terms
Terms
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- simile
- a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
- hyperbole
- an exaggeration
- atlas
- a book of maps
- fact
- a statement that can be proven true
- personification
- giving an object human qualities
- thesaurus
- a book of synonyms
- idiom
- a phrase not to be understood if taken literally
- homophone
- words that have different meanings, are spelled differently, but sound the same
- onomatopoeia
- sounds imitating what an object does
- alliteration
- repetition of beginning consonant sounds
- almanac
- a book of facts/information
- synonym
- two words with similar meanings
- metaphor
- a comparison without using "like" or "as"
- opinion
- someone's thoughts
- antonym
- two words with opposite meanings
- PSSA Reading Terms
- terms needed for the PSSA Reading test