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6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

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