2. Literary Devices Powerful Words Literary Elements Prefix and Suffix Keys to Success 100 200 300 400 500 Final Jeopardy

3. What is the term for a word whose sound suggests its meaning? Example: Slam Literary Devices 100

4. Onomatopoeia Literary Devices 100

5. What is the term for a comparison of two things using “like” or “as?” Literary Devices 200

6. Simile Literary Devices 200

7. What is the term for a comparison of two things not using “like” or “as?” Literary Devices 300

8. Metaphor Literary Devices 300

9. What is the term for the repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words? Literary Devices 400

10. alliteratio n Literary Devices 400

11. What is the term for giving human qualities to an object or animal? Literary Devices 500

12. Personification Literary Devices 500

13. 12 Powerful Words 100 Define the term: Compare

14. Tell all the ways they are alike 12 Powerful Words 100

15. 12 Powerful Words 200 Define the term: Summarize

16. Give the short version 12 Powerful Words 200

17. If you get the answer correct, the point value for this question will be doubled!

18. 12 Powerful Words 300 Define the term: Infer

19. 12 Powerful Words 300 Read between the lines

20. 12 Powerful Words 400 Define the term: Analyze

21. 12 Powerful Words 400 Break apart

22. 12 Powerful Words 500 Define the term: Contrast

23. 12 Powerful Words 500 Tell all the ways they are different

24. Literary Elements 100 What is the problem of the story called?

25. Conflict Literary Elements 100

26. Literary Elements 200 What is the definition for “falling action?”

27. Literary Elements 200 The events from the climax to the resolution

28. Literary Elements 300 Name three different types of conflict.

29. Literary Elements 300 Person vs. Person, Person vs. Himself/Herself, Person vs. Nature, Person vs. Society

30. Literary Elements 400 What is the part of the story where the characters and setting are introduced?

31. Literary Elements 400 Exposition/ introduction

32. Literary Elements 500 What is the term for when the problem in a story is solved?

33. Literary Elements 500 Resolution

34. Affixes 100 What prefix means “before?”

35. Affixes 100 Pre-

36. Affixes 200 What prefix means “below?”

37. Affixes 200 Sub-

38. Affixes 300 What suffix means “to do in a certain manner?”

39. Affixes 300 -ly

40. Affixes 400 What two suffixes mean “one who?”

41. Affixes 400 -er -or

42. Affixes 500 What suffix means “a state or condition?”

43. Affixes 500 -ness or -ment

44. Keys to Success 100 What should you do first when you are told to begin the test?

45. Read the directions Keys to Success 100

46. What two things should you do to the multiple choice questions before you begin reading the passage? Keys to Success 200

47. Read the questions. Underline key words. Keys to Success 200

48. If you get the answer correct, the point value for this question will be doubled!

49. When answering the multiple choice questions, what can you do to increase your odds of getting the correct answer? Keys to Success 300

50. Eliminate answers you know are wrong. Keys to Success 300

51. Keys to Success 400 What two things should you do to the Open Ended Question before you begin reading the passage?

52. Keys to Success 400 Read the question. Underline key words.

53. Keys to Success 500 What should you do if you don’t know the answer to a multiple choice question or the OEQ?

54. Keys to Success 500 Go back into the passage and re-read to find the answer.

55. Category: General Knowledge

56. What do the letters PSSA stand for?

57. Pennsylvania State Standardized Assessment