6th Grade Vocabulary
What is the definition of compare ?
Identifying similarities between two or more objects.
Jenna smiled like the sun when she won the award. This is an example of what figurative language?
What is a simile
What is an objective summary?
The summary of the text is what the text about from beginning, middle and end, no opinions.
What does a heading do?
What is it tells the reader what the passage below it will be about.
List 3 types of fictional genres and their characteristics?
Answers may vary.
define simile
What is comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
"Ouch! "Boom!" "Pow!" are all examples of what?
onomatopoeia
What is the central idea ?
The main idea/ what the text is mostly about .
What is cause and effect .
The why and the result of what happens.
What is a conflict?
A problem a character is having with themselves.
What is a synonym for the word build in the following sentence. Larry enjoys building elaborate cityscapes with his legos.
What is construct
What is imagery ?
Using the 5 senses to describe something and create a picture in the readers head.
Third person P.O.V.
What does chronological order mean ?
Listing events in the order of when they occur.
What is the order of plot?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action , Resolution. They happen in this order of the story.
Peter persevered even when the game became challenging. What does the word persevered mean in this sentence?
What is to keep going even when things become hard.
What is author's perspective? What are the different point of views?
The way the author views a particular topic. First person (I , ME, WE), Second Person (YOU), and Third Person (They, He, She, Them)
Authors usually include photographs in their texts in order to_________________________.
What is to give a visual representation of something.
What is the author's purpose of a fictional stories? (usually)
Author's Purpose is to entertain
Jimmy was reluctant to continue in the competition after making a mistake. What is an antonym for the word reluctant.
What is persevere.
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers is an example of...
What is alliteration
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.
What is main idea and what are some strategies to find it?
Answers may vary
List the 4 types of conflicts and what they mean.
Character vs._________
* Character vs Nature
* Character vs Society
* Character vs Self
* Character vs Technology