6th Grade ELAR Vocabulary

Question 1

Instructions written by a playwright to describe the appearance and actions of characters.

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Stage Directions

Question 2

The point in a story where the conflict is solved; the point of highest action

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climax

Question 3

Introduction to the story’s conflict, characters, and setting

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exposition

Question 4

A type of drama that is humorous and often has a happy ending. See, I'm laughing!

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comedy

Question 5

The methods a writer uses to develop a character.

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Characterization

Question 6

Poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement

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free verse

Question 7

The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, or lines. MEANS ITS IMPORTANT!

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Repetition

Question 8

The chapters of each act in a play. Each one has a specific setting and time.

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scene

Question 9

The use of a word or a phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes

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onomatopoeia

Question 10

An individual in a book, play, or a movie. There are SEVERAL of these and they have names!

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character

Question 11

Point of view where the narrator is a character in the story, referred to as I. ALL ABOUT ME!!

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1st Person Point of View

Question 12

A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration

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hyperbole

Question 13

A figure of speech that compares or equates two unlike things

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metaphor

Question 14

The point of view where the narrator is someone who stands outside the story .

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3rd Person Point of View

Question 15

Any object, person, place, or experience that means more that what it is; stands for something.

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Symbol

Question 16

Wrapping up the plot, and answering the question of conflict. The END!

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resolution

Question 17

A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

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Simile

Question 18

Conversation between characters in a literary work

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dialogue

Question 19

The main character; conflict revolves around him. HARRY POTTER!!!!

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Protagonist

Question 20

A group of lines forming a unit in a poem; the paragraphs of a poem

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Stanza

Question 21

The central message of a work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life

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Theme

Question 22

A person or force in society or nature that opposes the protagonist

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antagonist

Question 23

A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or nature, is given human characteristics

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personification

Question 24

A scene in a story that takes place before the main events.

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flashback

Question 25

The author’s use of clues to prepare readers for events that will happen later in a story

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foreshadow

Question 26

The most important idea expressed in a paragraph or an essay

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main idea

Question 27

The central struggle between opposing forces in a story or drama. Needs to be solved!

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conflict

Question 28

Sequence of events in a story, play, or narrative poem

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plot

Question 29

Descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses; you can "see" it!

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imagery

Question 30

The time and place in which the events occur in a literary work. WHERE? WHEN?

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Setting

Question 31

A play in which the main character suffers a downfall. I'm so sad!!

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tragedy

Question 32

The act of making an educated guess by using context clues

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Infer

Question 33

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words in a sentence

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alliteration

Question 34

The actions that take place after the climax leading to the conclusion.

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falling action

Question 35

Events that build suspense and adds complications to the conflict, leading to the climax

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rising action

6th Grade ELAR Vocabulary

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6th Grade ELAR Vocabulary

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