6th Grade Vocabulary
What is the definition of compare ?
Identifying similarities between two or more objects.
WHAT IS A METAPHOR
direct comparison of things without using like or as
What is a a summary?
The summary of the text is what the text about from beginning, middle and end, no opinions.
What is cause ?
Why something happens .
What is the definition of contrast ?
Looking at the differences between two or more objects.
define simile
What is comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
"The leaves danced in the wind" is an example of what type of figurative language?
personification
What is the central idea ?
The main idea/ what the text is mostly about .
What is effect .
The result of what happens.
What is a conflict?
A problem a character is having with themselves.
What is theme ?
The lesson which the author is trying to teach
What is imagery ?
Using the 5 senses to describe something and create a picture in the readers head.
Third person P.O.V.
What does chronological order mean ?
Listing events in the order of when they occur.
What is personification ?
Giving human qualities to non-living things.
What does it mean to foreshadow ?
To predict
What is a descriptive text structure?
Describing what's going on in the text.
A news article titled, "Cats or Dogs? Which makes the better pet?" would most likely be written using what type of text structure?
Compare/Contrast
What is text structure?
How a story/text is put together.
What does it mean to infer ?
Make an educated guess based on evidence.
"Sophia was a loose cannon" is an example of what type of figurative language?
metaphor
What does POV mean?
Point of view is how someone feels, how they react/act, descriptive words.
What does include mean?
Why the author wrote the passage.
To persuade
To entertain
To inform.