6th Grade
Grammar
Grammar
What is a noun?
Person, place, or thing
What are the three types of writing you might get on the SBAC?
Narrative, Explanatory/Informational/Argumentative(Opinion)
What is the setting in a story?
2-things-Where and when the story takes place
What is an inference?
a guess based on background knowledge and evidence
How do you paraphrase?
Retell something in your own words.
What is personification?
Giving non-human things human qualities
Period, question mark, and exclamation marks are known as _________ marks.
punctuation
What is the conflict in a story?
the problem
What are the other terms for key idea?
What is a summary?
A short version of the text with just the main ideas.
What is an idea or feeling that a word invokes?
Connotation
When do we use quotation marks?
To show the words that someone has spoken; dialogue; cite text evidence
List some author's purposes.
Persuade, inform, entertain-name synonyms for these verbs
What is key idea?
What the whole text is about
What does compare and contrast mean?
Tell how something is alike and different (similarities and differences)
What is the past tense of drive?
drove
How many body paragraphs should a 6th grader include in their explanatory/argumentative essays?
3 body paragraphs
What is the theme of a story?
The overall message or lesson
what is a comma used for?
to separate three or more words, phrases, or clauses written in a series
Why do you use context clues?
To determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
What is a verb?
An action word!
Which paragraph do you introduce the characters and setting?
Paragraph 1/ Introduction paragraph
How can you start your sentence when you provide text evidence?
The author states...
In paragraph 3....
According to the text...
Name a Genre of text we read in class.
Realistic Fiction
Fantasy
Fiction
Informational
What is the main idea of a text?
What is a simile?
Comparing two thing using like or as
In an argumentative essay, what is your stance on the topic called?
Claim
What is author's purpose?
WHY an author writes
What is language that has a different meaning than the literal meaning?
Figurative Language
What is the meaning of abrupt as used in this sentence?
The car came to an abrupt stop to avoid hitting the cat.
Sudden, quick