6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

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

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

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

To look for differences

Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text

Something that brings about an effect or a result

Who sings this song?

The main part of a word

The central message of a text

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

The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve

The dictionary definition of a word 

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

Name the book.

To look for similarities 

To restate the main points of a text

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

Who sings this song?

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

The emotion or judgement that a word expresses

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

Name that tune!

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

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

A word that is used in place of a noun

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

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

The person who tells a story

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

Who produced this movie?

Where and when a story takes place

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

The most important idea in a text (main idea)

The result of a cause