6th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

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

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

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

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

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

The dictionary definition of a word 

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

The person who tells a story

Who sings this song?

The result of a cause

Who produced this movie?

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

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

Name the book.

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

The most important idea in a text (main idea)

To restate the main points of a text

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

Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text

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

Name that tune!

A word that is used in place of a noun

The main part of a word

The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve

Where and when a story takes place

Something that brings about an effect or a result

To look for differences

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

The emotion or judgement that a word expresses

The central message of a text

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

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 

Who sings this song?

To look for similarities 

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