6th Grade Reading Academic Vocabulary

An opinion that must be supported by reasons.

• resolution

• summary

• argument

• claim

The reasons that an author writes (to inform, persuade, or entertain.

• main idea

• author's purpose

• supporting evidence

• claim

The idea or action that the author is arguing for or supporting.

• claim

• argument

• main idea

• summary

The turning point in the plot of the story; sometimes described as the most exciting or emotionally tense part of the story.

• metaphor

• rising action

• supporting evidence

• climax

A struggle or problem that sets a story in motion; can be internal or external

• conflict

• rising action

• plot

• argument

Other words or information in a passage that help the reader understand the meaning of an unknown or unclear word.

• figurative language

• context clues

• rhetorical device

• simile

Something that is different in two selections

• hyperbole

• personifications

• similar

• difference

Language that is not meant to be taken literally

• imagery

• personification

• figurative language

• stylistic elements

Excessive exaggeration that is not literal

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• climax

Sensory language in writing

• metophor

• simile

• imagery

• stanza