6th Grade Reading SOL Review

Words, phrases, or passages that can help you understand the meaning of an unknown word.

A figure of speech that compares two different things, using the words like or as.

Two or three letters that comes after the word that change the meaning of the word.

What part of the story do you find out the setting and characters?

The use of your five senses.

An alphabetical collection of specialist terms & meanings, located in the back of the book.

Something happens because of another event.

Based on facts or real life... not made up.

Giving human qualities to something not human.

An exaggerated statement. 

The story comes to a reasonable ending. All loose ends of the plot are tied up.

A figure of speech that compares two different things NOT using the words like or as

The message or deep meaning about life shown by a story.

A technique used by authors to predict something will happen later.

The series of events that lead to the climax of the story.

Events occurring after the turning point to the end of the story.

An expression that does NOT mean what it literally says.

Stories that are made-up, not true, or not real.

Alphabetized list of names, places, & subjects giving the page where each item is mentioned. 

Words that have the opposite meaning.

The main problem in the story.

A list of the parts of a book that are organized in how each part appears in the book.

A word that makes a sound.

A book that lists words related to each other in meaning, usually giving synonyms and antonyms.

____________ can be verified or proven. ___________ are usually feelings.

A similarity between like features of two things, which a comparison may be based.

Use what you know with what the story tells you to make a prediction.

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Two or three letters that comes before the word that change the meaning of the word.

Words that have the same meaning.