PSSA Vocabulary #1

Question or Hint Answer or Word

Is the correctness or precision Accuracy
Is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words Alliteration
Is a declaration, statement, allegation or claim Assertion
Is a judgement based on a personal point of view Bias
Is the story of a person's life written by somepne other than the subject of the work Biography
To compare or appraise differences Contrast
To examine and to judge cafefully Evaluate
To make an overstatement or stretch the truth Exaggeration
Referring to specific text that is included in the reading passage or in the directions Explicit
The center of interest or attention Focus