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6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

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  • The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve
    Plot
    Problem
    Resolution
    Climax
  • A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as
    Personification
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
  • The emotion or judgement that a word expresses
    Definition
    Connotation
    Denotation
    Reference
  • "After the race I slept for a week!" is an example of
    hyperbole
    alliteration
    sleeping
    personifcation
  • A person, animal or other creature that takes part in the action of a story or poem
    Resolution
    Plot
    Character
    Protagonist
  • The main part of a word
    Prefix
    Root
    Suffix
    Ending
  • A type of figurative language that attributes humanlike qualities to something that is nonhuman
    Simile
    Personification
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
  • The most important idea in a text (main idea)
    Main Points
    Central Idea
    Conclusion
    Thesis
  • Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text
    Opinion
    Dialogue
    Fact
    Inference
  • To look for differences
    Compare
    Effect
    Contrast
    Cause
  • The person who tells a story
    Antagonist
    Protagonist
    Narrator
    Character
  • A type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using like or as
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    Personification
  • Point of View when the narrator tells the story but is not in the story AND knows thoughts and feelings of any character 
    2nd Person
    3rd Person Omniscient
    1st Person
    3rd Person Limited
  • To look for similarities
    Effect
    Compare
    Contrast
    Cause
  • What ALWAYS needs to be capitalized in a sentence?
    The first letter of the first word
    Proper Nouns
    The word "I"
    All of these
  • "My mom is my rock." is an example of
    simile
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    comparison
  • The solution to the problem or the part of the plot that takes place at the end of the story
    Exposition
    Resolution
    Climax
    Introduction
  • Where and when a story takes place
    Setting
    Theme
    Resolution
    Plot
  • What element of writing should begin the story and grab readers' attention?
    details
    conclusion
    dialogue
    lead
  • "The warm fireplace pulled me close." is an example of
    alliteration
    personification
    metaphor
    simile
  • The central message of a text
    Theme
    Lesson
    Main Idea
    Central Idea
  • The end of a piece of writing that sums up the writer's main points; how a conflict is solved
    Introduction
    Exposition
    Beginning
    Conclusion
  • "Can cats consume compost?" is an example of...
    alliteration
    personification
    similie
    hyperbole
  • To restate the main points of a text
    Main Points
    Evidence 
    Summarize
    Main Idea
  • The series of related events that build toward the climax of a story 
    Resolution
    Introduction
    Plot
    Rising Action
  • A word that is used in place of a noun
    Pronoun
    Adjective
    Verb
    Noun
  • The result of a cause
    Effect
    Contrast 
    Compare
    Cause
  • The main reason an author has for writing a text. (to explain, express, inform, or persuade)
    Point of View
    Text Structure
    Author's Purpose
    Claim
  • Point of View in which the narrator is in the story AND uses the pronouns I, me, my
    3rd Person Limited
    3rd Person Omniscient
    2nd Person
    1st Person