6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

Who produced this movie?

The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve

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

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

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

Who sings this song?

A word that is used in place of a noun

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

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

The result of a cause

The emotion or judgement that a word expresses

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

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

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)

To look for differences

To look for similarities 

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

Name that tune!

Something that brings about an effect or a result

The person who tells a story

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

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

Who sings this song?

To restate the main points of a text

Where and when a story takes place

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

The dictionary definition of a word 

Name the book.

Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text

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

The main part of a word

The central message of a text

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

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