6th Grade Reading SOL Review

A figure of speech that compares two different things, using the words like or as.

A technique used by authors to predict something will happen later.

Events occurring after the turning point to the end of the story.

The message or deep meaning about life shown by a story.

An exaggerated statement. 

What part of the story do you find out the setting and characters?

Words that have the opposite meaning.

The main problem in the story.

Words, phrases, or passages that can help you understand the meaning of an unknown word.

Alphabetized list of names, places, & subjects giving the page where each item is mentioned. 

A word that makes a sound.

Stories that are made-up, not true, or not real.

Use what you know with what the story tells you to make a prediction.

A figure of speech that compares two different things NOT using the words like or as

The series of events that lead to the climax of the story.

An alphabetical collection of specialist terms & meanings, located in the back of the book.

Something happens because of another event.

A similarity between like features of two things, which a comparison may be based.

An expression that does NOT mean what it literally says.

Two or three letters that comes after the word that change the meaning of the word.

A list of the parts of a book that are organized in how each part appears in the book.

Giving human qualities to something not human.

____________ can be verified or proven. ___________ are usually feelings.

The use of your five senses.

Based on facts or real life... not made up.

Two or three letters that comes before the word that change the meaning of the word.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Words that have the same meaning.

The story comes to a reasonable ending. All loose ends of the plot are tied up.

A book that lists words related to each other in meaning, usually giving synonyms and antonyms.