Common Core ELA 6th Grade Vocabulary Terms

A quality or characteristic (especially of personality).

Where and when a story takes place.

A personal belief or judgment that is not based on proof.

The series of related events that make up a story.

Figure of speech where words are used to represent sounds.

A part of the selection that is important.

To back up with details

The person telling the story is called the 

An accepted expression having a meaning different from the literal.

Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words. Ex) Tangy tangerine tasted too tart.

Describing the main idea and important details like who, what, where, when, why and how.

A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature.

The message or lesson to be learned of a story is called the ____________.

A conclusion not directly supported by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand.

Supporting materials from the selection that are used to prove or disprove something.

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or make a point.

To describe as alike or similar.

Another word for reflects is...

What is the gist of a selection?

To get a point across or to show.

A group of lines in a poem (a paragraph in a poem).

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings or actions.

The parts before or after a word that influence it's meaning.

Arranged in order of time - What happens first, next, last.

Pieces of information that support the main idea.

The problem or problems chracters face in a literary work.

Differences between things.

The atmosphere or feeling created by the author of a story.

Examining something in great detail in order to understand it better.

The most exciting moment of the story; the turning point.

A comparison using "like" or "as".

A direct comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"