6th Grade Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Argument Writing
Wood Working
Baseball
100

A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.

What is a galaxy? 

100

Extreme exaggeration used to make a point.  

What is a hyperbole? 

100

The position taken by the writer; what the writer is trying to prove or argue

What is the claim?

100

Required in the wood shop to protect your eyes.

What is safety glasses.

100

The two teams Babe Ruth play for.

Who are the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox

200

A low-cost duplicating machine that worked by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper.

What is the mimeograph? 

200

A comparison that does not include the words like or as. 

What is a metaphor? 

200

Supported by evidence. 

What are reason? 

200

The pattern in the wood made by the way the tree grew.

What is the grain.

200

Retired #9 for the Boston Red Sox. 

Who is Ted Williams?

300

A desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment. 

What is temptation ? 

300

A comparison that includes the words like or as. 

What is a simile? 

300

Used to support or prove a reason. 

What is evidence?

300

A tool that is used to make holes in wood. 

What is a drill.

300

The number of games does a baseball team play in a regular season. 

What is 162?

400

The scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.

What is Chemistry? 

400

The act of giving human qualities to animals or objects. 

What is personification? 

400

Opposing position or counterargument. 

What is a counterclaim?

400

This tool is used to pound in nails and take them out when they bend.

What is a claw hammer.

400

The team that has won the most world series. 

Who is the New York Yankees?

500

The nickname the New York Fire Brigade gave to fire hydrants. 

What is a Johnny Pump? 

500

An expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its individual words. 

What is an idiom? 

500

Addresses the criticism of the claim. 

What is a rebuttal? 

500

A sander that uses sandpaper in the form of a band or loop.

What is belt sander.

500

Tony Gwyn's retired number for the Padres.

What is 19?

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