6th Grade ELA MCAS prep

The most important idea in a text (main idea)

The main reason an author has for writing a text. (to explain, express, inform, or persuade)

The person who tells a story

To restate the main points of a text

Who produced this movie?

Chronological mean the order in which things happen.

The series of related events that build toward the climax of a story

Point of View that is told from the "you" perspective

Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text

A type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using like or as

To look for similarities

Which strategies will you use on MCAS?

How a text is organized, such as sequence, cause and effect, or compare and contrast

Point of View when you know the thoughts and feelings of more than one character

How good are you at this dance?

Where and when a story takes place

A person, animal or other creature that takes part in the action of a story or poem

The main part of a word

The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve

The central message of a text

A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as

Something that brings about an effect or a result

To look for differences

An educated guess based on evidence in a text and what you already know

A type of figurative language that attributes humanlike qualities to something that is nonhuman

A view that someone takes on a certain issue based on a personal judgement

The solution to the problem or the part of the plot that takes place after the climax

The end of a piece of writing that sums up the writer's main points; how a conflict is solved

Point of View that uses the pronouns I, me, my

A word that is used in place of a noun

The result of a cause

Point of View told by a narrator and you only know the thoughts and feelings of one character