Fiction
Reading 6th Grade
Writing 6th Grade
Figurative Language
Vocab
100

What is the setting of a story?

Where the story takes place

100

When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective 

First Person 

100

When should quotation marks be used?

To show someone is speaking.

100

To use strong exaggeration

hyperbole 

100

What is a synonym?

A word that has the same meaning

200

This is the last part of the story that wraps it up. 

What is the resolution?

200

When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective 

Third Person 

200

What is an adjective?

A word that describes a noun

200

Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

personification

200

What does contrast mean?

To tell the differences

300

The problem of the story

conflict
300

What does it mean to compare and contrast?

To tell how things are the same or different

300

Where should capital letters be used?

Capital letters should be used for proper nouns, such as names of people, cites, and countries.  They should also be at the beginning of a sentence.

300

She is busy as a bee.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

Simile

300

What is a stanza?

A group of lines in a poem

400

What the story is mainly about?

Central or Main idea

400

Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.

Fiction = not real/made up, can be funny.

Nonfiction = topic, factual, provides information, not funny.

400

What is a synonym for tired?

sleepy, exhausted, etc.

400

It is raining cats and dogs. 

Idiom

400

What does "improvement" mean?

To make something better

500

The message or lesson of the story

Theme 

500

The character that opposes the main character or protagonist.

Antagonist

500

What is the root word of "unbelievable"

Believe

500

Why do writers use figurative language?

To add interest or humor to a story.

500
What is a "drawback"?

A negative thing, a con