6th Grade ELA 1
6th Grade ELA 2
6th Grade ELA 3
6th Grade ELA 4
6th Grade ELA 5
100
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
100
What is the problem of the story called?
The conflict
100
What is a claim?
an argument being made by a piece of writing
100
What is the opening paragraph of an essay called?
Introduction
100
What is the narrator of a story?
The person speaking
200
What can you use to find the meaning of a word you don't know?
Context clues (reading the sentence around the word)
200
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
200
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
A stanza
200
A type of figurative language that shows one thing as being similar to another WITHOUT using like or as?
Metaphor
200
Figurative language that compares two things using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
300
What is the literary term for when you examine the similarities and differences between two parts of a story?
Compare and Contrast
300
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
Third Person
300
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
300
In what ways are an argumentative and narrative essay different?
Argumentative is trying to convince the reader of a claim.
Narrative is writing a story.
300
What is the part of a story where the conflict becomes more intense?
Rising Action
400
What do the four letters in TIER stand for?
Topic Scentence, Introduction, Evidence, and Reasoning/Restating
400
"You eat like a pig" would be an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
400
"Time is money" would be an example of what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
400
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
400
What is the controlling idea?
What the author wants us to understand about the topic.
500
What is a reason why a poet may leave breaks between stanzas?
For dramatic effect (various answers will count)
500
What part of the story would fill in the blank label at the very top
Climax
500
What TWO parts of an argument must be present in order to support a claim?
Evidence and reasoning
500
What three points must be found in the Introduction of am essay?
- Hook
- Background Details
- Thesis Statement
500
"And they all lived happily ever after" would be an example of what part of a story?
The resolution