1. Welcome! The Topic For Today Is… PSSA Prep Reading

2. PSSA PREP Parts of SpeechGrammarSpellingPunctuationGenres 200 400 600 800 1000

3. Parts of Speech: 200 Question: Is the sentence simple or compound? Jonathan finishes a book, and he shares it with a friend. Answer Compound

4. Parts of Speech: 400 Question: What is it called when an author gives human qualities to an animal or something that is not human? Answer Personification

5. Parts of Speech: 600 Question: What is it called when one of two or more words in a language that have similar meaning? Answer: Synonym

6. Parts of Speech: 800 Question: What is it called when you have a comparison of unlike things in which no words or comparison? Answer Metaphor

7. Parts of Speech: 1000 Question: What part of speech is the underlined word? Because of the rain storm, the party was cancelled. Answer verb

8. Grammar: 200 Question: What names more then one person, place thing or idea Answer Plural Noun

9. Grammar: 400 Question: What is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns? Answer Pronoun

10. Grammar : 600 Question: What tells what the subject of a sentence does, did or will do Answer Action Verb

11. Grammar : 800 Question: In the sentence below is the underlined word a present participle, past-tense verbs, or past participles? Wanda had touched Peggy’s arm. Answer Past Participle

12. Grammar : 1000 Question: What is a verb that does not end with ed in the past tense, they also have special spellings. Answer Irregular Verb

13. Spelling: 200 Question: Which word is misspelled in the sentence? I received a fruit basket at the hospital, it contained: an apple, a peach, a pair, strawberries and bananas. Answer Pair is misspelled, it should be pear.

14. Spelling: 400 Question: Which word is misspelled in the sentence? While I am sitting on the beach I can here the sound of crashing waves. Answer Here is misspelled, it should be hear.

15. Spelling: 600 Question: Can you please help me tie a not in this rope. Answer Not is misspelled it should be knot.

16. Spelling: 800 Question: Which word is misspelled in the sentence? Katie and Sean received an A on there arithmetic test. Answer There is misspelled it should be their.

17. Spelling: 1000 Question: Which word is misspelled in the sentence? John would like to go with me too the circus. Answer Too is misspelled it should be to

18. Punctuation: 200 Question: What is wrong with this sentence: sometimes, i want to play with my dog and sometimes i want to play with my cat. Answer You need to capitalize the S in sometimes and capitalize the i.

19. Punctuation: 400 Question: What form of punctuation belongs here? Plato_ the Greek philosopher, was a student of Socrates. Answer,

20. Punctuation: 600 Question: Is this sentence correct? After the wedding the guests attended the reception Answer No, you need a comma after the word wedding

21. Punctuation: 800 Question: Which comma is misplaced, the first or second? "Don't eat that pizza," warned Lisa. "It's over two weeks old ", she then explained. Answer The first because the comma should always come after the quotation marks.

22. Punctuation : 1000 Question: Is this sentence correct? my birthday is today febuary 18 2011. Answer No, it should be: My birthday is today, February 18, 2011.

23. Genres: 200 Question: Which from of writing is a story that can be preformed for an audience Answer Play

24. Genres: 400 Question: Which form of writing is a story about the person written by the person? Answer Autobiography

25. **Daily Double** Please write the amount of $$ you are willing to risk Question: Which form of writing uses imagery figurative language and imagination to express feelings and ideas? Answer: Poem

26. Genres: 800 Question: Which form of writing is a story that tells about characters and events that are like people and events in real life? Answer Realistic Fiction

27. Genres: 1000 Question: Which form of writing is a story that tells about real people or real events Answer Narrative Nonfiction