6th Grade Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true.

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figurative langauge (figures of speech)

Question 2

The voice that tells the story; sometimes a chracter in the story, other times an outside voice that is not a character.

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narrator

Question 3

An outside narrator not in the story tells the story from ONE chracter&#x27;s point of view.

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third person limited point of view

Question 4

Words or phrases near an unfamliar word in a text, used to help you guess at the meaning of the unfamiliar word.

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context clues

Question 5

Figure of speach in which human charactersitics are given to something that is not human.

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personification

Question 6

Prose wirting that is about imaginary chracters and events.

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fiction

Question 7

Main chracters are introduced, setting is established, basic conflict is revealed.

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exposition

Question 8

The time and place of the action of the story.

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setting

Question 9

The voice that "talks" to the reader in a poem, similar to the narrator in a short story or novel.

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speaker

Question 10

Ordinary form of written language that is not poetry or drama.

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prose

Question 11

Conflict has been resolved (usually) and the story comes to an end.

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resolution

Question 12

Repetition of consonant sounds a the beginning of words.

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alliteration

Question 13

A type of autobigrpahy that focuses particularly important and meanigful time in the writer&#x27;s life.

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memoir

Question 14

Comparison of two things that seem unlike but have some qualities in common; uses the words like or as.

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similie

Question 15

The use of words that imitate sounds.

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onomatopoeia

Question 16

Conflicts/complications build and lead to the climax.

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rising action

Question 17

Written conversation between characters.

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dialogue

Question 18

A logical guess that is made based on facts and your knowledge and epxerience.

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inference

Question 19

The last stage in plot.

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resolution

Question 20

The series of events in a story.

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plot

Question 21

Prose writing that is about real people and their experiences.

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nonfiction

Question 22

Words that appeal to the reader&#x27;s five senses; helps the reader imagine how tings look, feel, sound, taste, and smell.

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sensory language

Question 23

Vivid word pictures created by sensory language.

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imagery

Question 24

A struggle with a force outside of a character, such as nature, another chracter, a physical object, etc.

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external conflict

Question 25

The story&#x27;s turning point, peak of the action, most suspenseful part of the story.

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climax

Question 26

a person, animal, or imaginary creature in a work of literature.

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character

Question 27

Story begins to to come to a close, events lead to the resolution and show the results of the important decision.

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falling action

Question 28

How a writer chooses to narrate a story; vantage point from which a story is told.

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point of view

Question 29

A feeling of increasnig tension, anxiety, or excitement in the reader as the conflict builds.

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suspense

Question 30

A character in the story tells the story, using first person pronouns.

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first person point of view

Question 31

An outside narrator not in the story tells the story from MORE THAN ONE chracter&#x27;s perspective.

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third person omniscient point of view

Question 32

External conflict is a struggle that occurs within a character&#x27;s mind or heart.

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False

Question 33

Sound device in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity.

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repetition

Question 34

A problem a character has to resolve.

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conflict

Question 35

The message about life in a literary work (usually implied, not stated directly).

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theme

Question 36

The main message or idea an author expresses in a nonfiction test.

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central idea

Question 37

A group of lines in a poem (similar to a paragraph in prose).

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stanza

Question 38

A comparison of two things that seem unlike but have some qualties in common; does NOT use the words like or as.

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metaphor

6th Grade Unit 1 Vocabulary

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6th Grade Unit 1 Vocabulary

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