6th Grade ELA 1
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100

What is the setting of a story?

Where/when the story takes place

100

What is the problem of the story called?

The conflict

100

What is a claim?

an argument being made by a piece of writing

100

What is the opening paragraph of an essay called?

Introduction 

100

What is the narrator of a story?

The person speaking

200

What can you use to find the meaning of a word you don't know?

Context clues (reading the sentence around the word)

200

The message or lesson of the story

Theme 

200

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

A stanza

200

A type of figurative language that shows one thing as being similar to another WITHOUT using like or as?

Metaphor

200

Figurative language that compares two things using the words "like" or "as"?

Simile

300

What is the literary term for when you examine the similarities and differences between two parts of a story?

Compare and Contrast

300

When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective 

Third Person 

300

Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.

Fiction = a made up story

Nonfiction = text based on factual information

300

In what ways are an argumentative and narrative essay different? 

Argumentative is trying to convince the reader of a claim.

Narrative is writing a story. 

300

What is the part of a story where the conflict becomes more intense?


Rising Action

400

What do the four letters in TIER stand for?

Topic Scentence, Introduction, Evidence, and Reasoning/Restating

400

"You eat like a pig" would be an example of what type of figurative language?

Simile
400

"Time is money" would be an example of what type of figurative language?

Metaphor

400

When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective 

First Person 

400

What was the MAIN CLAIM that Malala made in her Nobel Lecture?

That all kids deserve quality primary and secondary education

500

What is a reason why a poet may leave breaks between stanzas?

For dramatic effect (various answers will count)

500

What part of the story would fill in the blank label at the very top

Climax


500

What TWO parts of an argument must be present in order to support a claim?

Evidence and reasoning

500

What was the MAIN IDEA of the poem Famous

That normal items and people can be famous based on the impact they have on other's lives

500

"And they all lived happily ever after" would be an example of what part of a story?


The resolution