6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

The main part of a word

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

Who sings this song?

A word that is used in place of a noun

Name that tune!

To look for differences

Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text

Who sings this song?

The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve

To look for similarities 

The person who tells a story

To restate the main points of a text

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

Name the book.

Who produced this movie?

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

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

The emotion or judgement that a word expresses

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

Where and when a story takes place

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

The result of a cause

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

The most important idea in a text (main idea)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Something that brings about an effect or a result

The dictionary definition of a word 

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

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

The central message of a text