6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

The central message of a text

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

The most important idea in a text (main idea)

The main part of a word

The emotion or judgement that a word expresses

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

The dictionary definition of a word

To look for similarities

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

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

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

Where and when a story takes place

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

The person who tells a story

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

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

Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text

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

Who sings this song?

A word that is used in place of a noun

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

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

The result of a cause

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

The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve

Name that tune!

Who produced this movie?

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

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

Name the book.

To restate the main points of a text

To look for differences

Something that brings about an effect or a result

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