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 text evidence?
Text that supports you answer or response.
What is cause ?
Why something happens .
What is the definition of contrast?
Looking at the differences between two or more objects.
Define "simile."
Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as.'
"Ouch! "Boom!" "Pow!" are all examples of...
Onomatopoeia
What is the central idea ?
The main idea/ what the text is mostly about .
What is effect .
The result of what happens.
What is the definition of internal conflict ?
A problem a character is having with themselves.
Define "theme?"
The universal lesson the author is trying to teach.
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to non-living things.
what point of view would an author use to talk directly to the audience
What is second person point of view
What does sequence / 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 or to hint.
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration.
What does analyze mean ?
Break into parts and examine carefully.
Think
through...
Name the 5 types of text structure.
Description
Compare-Contrast
Problem-Solution
Cause-Effect
Sequence-Chronological
What is the definition of external conflict?
A problem outside of the character causing them to feel a certain way.
What does it mean to infer?
Make an educated guess based on evidence.
"Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers" is an example of...
Alliteration
What does summarize mean?
Meaning:
Tell the main parts/ideas,
Give the short version...
What are the parts of a plot map?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
When a poem is divided into groups of lines, often with a regular pattern, these groups are known as... ?
Stanzas