6th Grade Academic Vocabulary Towler

A antonym for careful is...

• Dangerous

• Cautious

• Safe

• Happy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A story in which the main character is made to seem bigger than life. The characters have exaggerated size or incredible strength.

• Fable

• tall-tale

• fairy-tale

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Hints for finding the main idea of a story or paragraph are...

• Find a detail that was mentioned once or twice.

• Look for the subject or theme of the story or paragraph.

• Do a character analysis.

• Look at the title, pictures, first paragraph and think about the central point of the story or paragraph.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Figurative language is a tool that makes ones writing more interesting. Which one is not figurative language?

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

How do you identify whether an answer choice is a fact or an opinion?

• A fact is a false statement; an opinion is a point of view.

• Because SI says, "It's a fact."

• A fact is true and opinion is not true.

• A fact is a statement that can be proven true; an opinion is how someone feels.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

In literature, the main character of a story is called the...

• Proponent

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.3

Author's purpose can be identified by which of the following terms?

• fiction, non-fiction, science-fiction

• persuade, entertain, inform

• biography, auto-biography, memoir

• subject, main idea, theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

The moral of the story is also known as...

• the main idea

• the subject

• the theme

• the central point

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

All of the following are organizational patterns except?

• compare and contrast

• pros and cons

• spatial

• problem and solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Sensory language allows the reader to use their senses and paints a picture in the reader's mind. This type of figurative language is called?

• Literary

• Imagery

• Imagination

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4