PSSA Fun Fact Words
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
A
I
E
A
T
I
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
2.
N
T
I
E
A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
3.
P
R
O
A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
4.
M
A
P
O
A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally
5.
P
L
The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc
6.
S
L
I
O
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
7.
S
I
I
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds
8.
S
T
G
The context and environment in which something is set
9.
C
P
E
Qualities that are ___
10.
P
E
R
N
F
I
N
The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc
11.
C
A
R
T
R
An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (plural)
12.
C
T
R
T
A conceptual separation or distinction
13.
F
T
An event known to have happened or something known to have existed
14.
M
O
A characteristic state of feeling
16.
O
P
I
A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
17.
T
E
A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
18.
D
A
I
An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole (plural)
19.
M
T
Any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
20.
S
N
N
M
Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be ___ relative to that context (plural)
22.
R
E
Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines
23.
A
N
O
S
A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word (plural)
24.
D
G
U
E
The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction