6th Grade Vocabulary
A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
What is a galaxy?
Extreme exaggeration used to make a point.
What is a hyperbole?
The position taken by the writer; what the writer is trying to prove or argue
What is the claim?
Required in the wood shop to protect your eyes.
What is safety glasses.
The two teams Babe Ruth play for.
Who are the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox
A low-cost duplicating machine that worked by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper.
What is the mimeograph?
A comparison that does not include the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Supported by evidence.
What are reason?
The pattern in the wood made by the way the tree grew.
What is the grain.
Retired #9 for the Boston Red Sox.
Who is Ted Williams?
A desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment.
What is temptation ?
A comparison that includes the words like or as.
What is a simile?
Used to support or prove a reason.
What is evidence?
A tool that is used to make holes in wood.
What is a drill.
The number of games does a baseball team play in a regular season.
What is 162?
The scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.
What is Chemistry?
The act of giving human qualities to animals or objects.
What is personification?
Opposing position or counterargument.
What is a counterclaim?
This tool is used to pound in nails and take them out when they bend.
What is a claw hammer.
The team that has won the most world series.
Who is the New York Yankees?
The nickname the New York Fire Brigade gave to fire hydrants.
What is a Johnny Pump?
An expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its individual words.
What is an idiom?
Addresses the criticism of the claim.
What is a rebuttal?
A sander that uses sandpaper in the form of a band or loop.
What is belt sander.
Tony Gwyn's retired number for the Padres.
What is 19?