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6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

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