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6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

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  • The most important idea in a text (main idea)
    Thesis
    Conclusion
    Central Idea
    Main Points
  • A type of figurative language that attributes humanlike qualities to something that is nonhuman
    Simile
    Personification
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
  • The main reason an author has for writing a text. (to explain, express, inform, or persuade)
    Author's Purpose
    Claim
    Text Structure
    Point of View
  • The end of a piece of writing that sums up the writer's main points; how a conflict is solved
    Conclusion
    Beginning
    Introduction
    Exposition
  • Point of View that uses the pronouns I, me, my
    3rd Person Omniscient
    1st Person
    3rd Person Limited
    2nd Person
  • The series of related events that build toward the climax of a story 
    Plot
    Rising Action
    Resolution
    Introduction
  • The central message of a text
    Main Idea
    Theme
    Central Idea
    Lesson
  • How a text is organized, such as sequence, cause and effect, or compare and contrast 
    Author's Purpose
    Text Set Up
    Text Type
    Text Structure
  • An educated guess based on evidence in a text and what you already know
    Opinion
    Evidence
    Fact
    Inference
  • Where and when a story takes place
    Setting
    Resolution
    Theme
    Plot
  • The emotion or judgement that a word expresses
    Denotation
    Connotation
    Reference
    Definition
  • Something that brings about an effect or a result
    Cause
    Compare
    Contrast
    Effect
  • To restate the main points of a text
    Evidence 
    Main Points
    Main Idea
    Summarize
  • The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve
    Resolution
    Problem
    Plot
    Climax
  • Point of View when you know the thoughts and feelings of more than one character 
    3rd Person Limited
    3rd Person Omniscient
    1st Person
    2nd Person
  • A type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using like or as
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Hyperbole
  • A person, animal or other creature that takes part in the action of a story or poem
    Plot
    Protagonist
    Character
    Resolution
  • A word that is used in place of a noun
    Pronoun
    Adjective
    Verb
    Noun
  • A view that someone takes on a certain issue based on a personal judgement
    Opinion
    Fact
    Inference
    Evidence
  • The main part of a word
    Root 
    Suffix
    Prefix
    Ending
  • A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as
    Personification
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
    Simile
  • Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text
    Main Points
    Inference
    Fact
    Opinion
  • The person who tells a story
    Protagonist
    Antagonist
    Character
    Narrator
  • To look for similarities 
    Effect
    Contrast
    Compare
    Cause
  • Name that tune!
    Dark Horse
    Firework
    Last Friday Night
    Roar
  • Point of View told by a narrator and you only know the thoughts and feelings of one character
    2nd Person
    1st Person
    3rd Person Omniscient
    3rd Person Limited
  • Point of View that is told from the "you" perspective
    1st Person
    3rd Person Omniscient
    2nd Person
    3rd Person Limited
  • The result of a cause
    Contrast 
    Effect
    Compare
    Cause
  • The solution to the problem or the part of the plot that takes place after the climax
    Introduction
    Resolution
    Climax
    Exposition
  • The dictionary definition of a word 
    Denotation
    Connotation
    Synonym 
    Antonym 
  • To look for differences
    Effect
    Cause
    Compare
    Contrast
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