PSSA Reading Key Words
Across
- 6. The person that the biography is about
- 7. truths
- 9. Clue words:who, what, when, where, why
- 13. Non-humans acting like humans
- 14. The person telling the story
- 15. Clue words:on the other hand, but, in contrast, like, similar, difference
- 19. what the passage is MOSTLY about
- 20. An author might write to try to change your mind, convince of
- 21. This is WHY the author wrote the article, story, passage, etc.
Down
- 1. Clue words:first, second, next, after, finally
- 2. how the problem is solved in the story
- 3. words that mean the same
- 4. Clue words:because of, since, as a result
- 5. Clue words:problem, solution, effect, hopeful
- 8. A person, animal, or thing in the passage.
- 10. word parts at the ENDS of words
- 11. how the author organized his/her writing
- 12. someone's beliefs
- 16. words that mean the opposite
- 17. something that HAPPENS in a story
- 18. word parts at the BEGINNING of words re-, pre-, in-, un-, dis-, mis-, non-