6th Grade Vocabulary
6th Grade Figurative Language
6th Grade Popular ELA Terms
6th Grade Text Structure
6th Grade Random ELA
100

What is the definition of compare ?

Identifying similarities between two or more objects.

100

WHAT IS A METAPHOR

direct comparison of things without using like or as

100

What is a text evidence?

Text that supports you answer.

100

What is cause ?

Why something happens .

100

What is the definition of contrast?

Looking at the differences between two or more objects. 

200

Define "simile."

Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as.'

200

"Ouch!  "Boom!"  "Pow!" are all examples of...

Onomatopoeia 

200

What is the central idea ?

The main idea/ what the text is mostly about .

200

What is effect .

The result of what happens. 

200

What is the definition of internal conflict ?

A problem a character is having with themselves. 

300

Define "theme?"

The universal truth the author is trying to teach.

300

What is personification?

Giving human characteristics to non-living things.

300

what point of view would an author use to talk directly to the audience 

What is second person point of view

300

What does chronological order mean ?

Listing events in the order of when they occur. 

300

What is personification?

Giving human qualities to non-living things. 

400

What does it mean to foreshadow?

To predict or to hint.

400

What is a hyperbole?

An extreme exaggeration.

400

What does R.A.C.E. stand for ?

Restate the question

Answer the question

Cite evidence to support your answer

Explain how evidence supports your answer

400

Name the 5/6 types of text structure.

Description

Compare-Contrast

Problem-Solution

Cause-Effect

Sequence-Chronological

400

What is the definition of external conflict?

A problem outside of the character causing them to feel a certain way. 

500

What does it mean to infer?

Make an educated guess based on evidence.

500

"Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers" is an example of...

Alliteration

500

What does R.E.A.L stand for?

Read - Title, Questions, Text

Eliminate obviously wrong answers

Answer/Always make a connection

Locate Evidence

500

What are the parts of a plot map?

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. 

500

Who is your favorite 6th grade ELA teacher?

Ms. Donaldson!!!!