6th Grade Vocabulary
6th Grade Figurative Language
6th Grade Popular ELA Terms
6th Grade Nonfiction
6th Grade Fiction
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What is the definition of compare ?

Identifying similarities between two or more objects.

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WHAT IS A METAPHOR

direct comparison of things without using like or as

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What is a a summary?

The summary of the text is what the text about from beginning, middle and end, no opinions.  SWBST

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What is nonfiction?

a book or text or information that is true and factual

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What is a conflict?

A problem the character faces in the story.

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define simile

What is comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

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"Ouch!  "Boom!"  "Pow!" are all examples of what?

onomatopoeia 

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What is the central idea ?

The main idea/ what the text is mostly about .

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What is cause and effect .

The why and the result of what happens. 

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What is the climax of a story?

The most intense and interesting part of a story. 

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What is theme ?

The lesson which the author is trying to teach

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What is imagery ?

Using the 5 senses to describe something and create a picture in the readers head. 

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When the author uses he/she/they or talk from another persons perspective.

Third person P.O.V.

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What does chronological order mean ?

Listing events in the order of when they occur. 

300

List 3 types of fictional genres and their characteristics.

Answers may vary 

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What is dialogue  ?

The conversations in a text between characters
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a huge exaggeration
what is hyperbole
400

What is a organizational patterns?

How the text is organized.

Cause and Effect

Chronological order

Process/Sequence 

Compare and Contrast

Problem and Solution


400

List 3 examples of Text Features and what they do ?

Answers may vary

400

What is the author's purpose of a fictional stories?  (usually) 

Author's Purpose is to entertain 

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What does it mean to infer ?

Make an educated guess based on evidence.

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Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers is an example of...

What is alliteration

500

What happens in the exposition part of a plot diagram?

This is the beginning of a story where characters, setting, and key parts are introduced to the reader. 

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What is main idea and what are some strategies to find it? 

Answers may vary

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What is poetry and how is it different from prose?

Literary pieces of work where the author uses creative terms to entertain the reader.  Written in stanza and usually contains different type of figurative language