6th Grade Vocabulary
What are 8 subjective pronouns ?
I, YOU, IT, HE, SHE, WE, YOU, THEY
WHAT IS A METAPHOR
direct comparison of things without using like or as
What is a claim ?
Your argument/answer
What is cause ?
Why something happens .
What type of sentence is: I plan on attending Northern Illinois University to study elementary education and Spanish.
Simple
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 .
"raged with anger." is missing what part of the sentence?
Correct this sentence:
me and my mom went to the Grocery Store to buy apples bananas and oranges
My mom and I went to the grocery store to buy apples, bananas, and oranges.
What is theme ?
The lesson which the author is trying to teach
What us a nonrestrictive element?
additional information that are not necessary to maintain the meaning
what point of view is "I"?
First
What does order/sequence mean ?
Listing events in the order of when they occur.
What is personification ?
Giving human qualities to non-living things.
What does it mean to foreshadow ?
To predict
What does RACE stand? (4 words)
Restate
Answer
Cite
Explain
Myself, itself, herself are examples of what type of pronoun?
Intensive.
What is the possessive noun: the hairbrushes that belong to the girls
the girls' hairbrushes
Ideas or feelings associated with a word are the CONNOTATIONS... ______________ is the literal definition.
Denotation
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers is an example of...
What is alliteration
What are the 5 context clues that we learned?
Inference, definition, example, antonym, synonym
What are the parts of the plot structure? (6, IN ORDER!)
Exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
What type of sentence is: We are cleaning the house, so my mom will be very happy.
Compound