6th grade ELA vocab

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

• figurative language

• idiom

• plot

• text structure

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the author's method of organizing text

• figurative language

• plot

• text structure

• index

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

• table of contents

• heading

• subheading

• index

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

the title or heading for one section of an outline or paper

• heading

• title

• subheading

• index

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

• index

• heading

• subheading

• table of contents

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a title at the head of a page or section of a book.

• heading

• subheading

• title

• index

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

An ordered list of the topics in a document, along with the page numbers on which they are found. Usually located at the beginning of a long document.

• index

• title

• table of contents

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

• point of view

• infer

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A character or force in conflict with the main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• main idea

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C