6th Grade Vocabulary
What is the definition of compare ?
Identifying similarities between two or more objects.
Define METAPHOR
What is a direct comparison of things without using like or as
What the text is about: beginning, middle and end, no opinions.
What is the summary?
What organizes information into groups or catagories.
What is Classification
Fantasy, Myths, Folktales are all examples of this genre
What is Fiction?
Define nonfiction
What is a book or text that is true and factual?
define simile
What is comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
What text structure explains a problem and gives one or more possible solutions?
What is problem and solution?
Define chronological order in a text
Listing events in the order of when they occur.
The most intense and interesting part or turning point of a story.
What is climax?
The lesson which the author is trying to teach in a story.
What is theme?
“The wind whispered through the trees.” What type of figurative language is this?
What is Personification
Third person P.O.V.
A text explains that too much screen time can make it harder to fall asleep. It then explains ways to reduce screen time before bed.
What text structure is being used?
What is cause and effect?
What is the author's purpose of fictional stories? (usually)
Author's Purpose is to entertain
Define internal conflict
What is a problem a character is having with themselves?
“I’ve told you a million times!” What type of figurative language is this?
What is hyperbole
Sarah wanted to tell her teacher she had forgotten her homework, but she was too embarrassed.
What type of conflict is this?
What is internal conflict?
List 3 examples of Text Features and what they do.
Answers may vary
How can a character's internal or external response affect the plot?
What is the way a character’s response affects the plot?
Define Inference
What is making an educated guess based on evidence?
After studying every night for a week, Matthew walked into the science test and said, “I’ve got this in the bag.”
What does the idiom “in the bag” mean?
What is ‘he is confident he will succeed’?
This is what happens in the exposition part of a plot diagram.
What is the beginning of a story where characters, setting, and key parts are introduced to the reader.
What term describes the main point or overall message an author communicates throughout an informational text?
What is central idea?
What are all of the parts in a plot diagram? Define each.
Exposition-introduction of characters and setting
Rising action-introduces the problem
Climax-most intense part of the story and the character changes
Falling action- The problem begins to get solved
Resolution- the promblem is solved the theme is stated and the story is wrapped up.