6th Grade Review
Words to Know
From the Benchmark
Test Taking Tips and Strategies
100

Someone who tells the story in a text

What is a narrator?

100

In order to distinguish two things from one another, you must be able to point out how they are __________.

What is different?

100

Writing the most important parts of a text, in your own words, in a much shorter way

What is a summary?

100

The first thing students should read on a Reading Benchmark.

What are the questions?

200

The primary reason an author writes a piece of work.

What is an author's purpose? 

200

When a reader can picture something their mind, either because of imagery or descriptive writing, the reader can ________ it.

What is visualize?

200

Hints in a sentence, paragraph, or passage that help readers understand the meaning of new or unfamiliar words

What are context clues?

200

Students should do this to the most important words in the question

What is highlight?

300

The main purpose of a passage. What a piece of writing is mostly about.

What is the main idea/central idea?

300

When author's are defending their opinions or their side of the argument they are defending their __________.

What is position?

300

A story that is told or written, and can be fictional or non-fictional

What is a narrative?

300

Students should highlight these when reading the text

What are answers/things that match the question?

400

The final part of a text, where the main ideas are summed up and the text comes to an end

What is the conclusion?

400

Speculation is the opposite of fact, so it must be similar to this word

What is an opinion/assumption?

400

The process of rethinking and improving, or fixing, a piece of writing

What is revise/revision/revising?

400

Students that are stuck on a question should do this before they get frustrated.

What is skip it and come back to it?

500

Usually the end of a speech, piece of writing, or act that asks or encourages people to do something about a problem

Hint: A phrase 

What is a Call to Action?

500

A conclusion, assumption, educated guess, or opinion that is reached because of known facts or textual evidence.

What is an inference?

500

Words or phrases that connect details smoothly.

What are transitions?

500

Before submitting their test, students should do this

What is look back over their test/double check their answers?