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6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

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  • Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text
    Dialogue
    Inference
    Fact
    Opinion
  • Point of View in which the narrator is in the story AND uses the pronouns I, me, my
    3rd Person Omniscient
    2nd Person
    3rd Person Limited
    1st Person
  • The central message of a text
    Lesson
    Main Idea
    Central Idea
    Theme
  • A word that is used in place of a noun
    Noun
    Verb
    Pronoun
    Adjective
  • The end of a piece of writing that sums up the writer's main points; how a conflict is solved
    Exposition
    Conclusion
    Beginning
    Introduction
  • The emotion or judgement that a word expresses
    Reference
    Denotation
    Connotation
    Definition
  • To look for differences
    Cause
    Compare
    Contrast
    Effect
  • "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
    Character
    Protagonist
    Resolution
    Plot
  • The main reason an author has for writing a text. (to explain, express, inform, or persuade)
    Claim
    Point of View
    Text Structure
    Author's Purpose
  • What element of writing should begin the story and grab readers' attention?
    details
    dialogue
    lead
    conclusion
  • Where and when a story takes place
    Setting
    Theme
    Plot
    Resolution
  • "Can cats consume compost?" is an example of...
    personification
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    similie
  • A type of figurative language that attributes humanlike qualities to something that is nonhuman
    Simile
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
    Personification
  • What ALWAYS needs to be capitalized in a sentence?
    The word "I"
    All of these
    The first letter of the first word
    Proper Nouns
  • A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    Personification
    Simile
  • To look for similarities
    Effect
    Cause
    Contrast
    Compare
  • The result of a cause
    Cause
    Effect
    Contrast 
    Compare
  • "My mom is my rock." is an example of
    hyperbole
    comparison
    simile
    metaphor
  • The most important idea in a text (main idea)
    Central Idea
    Main Points
    Conclusion
    Thesis
  • The main part of a word
    Suffix
    Root
    Prefix
    Ending
  • To restate the main points of a text
    Summarize
    Main Points
    Main Idea
    Evidence 
  • 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
    1st Person
    3rd Person Omniscient
    3rd Person Limited
  • The person who tells a story
    Antagonist
    Protagonist
    Narrator
    Character
  • "The warm fireplace pulled me close." is an example of
    simile
    alliteration
    personification
    metaphor
  • The series of related events that build toward the climax of a story 
    Plot
    Rising Action
    Resolution
    Introduction
  • The solution to the problem or the part of the plot that takes place at the end of the story
    Introduction
    Climax
    Resolution
    Exposition
  • The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve
    Problem
    Resolution
    Plot
    Climax
  • A type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using like or as
    Personification
    Simile
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor