Academic Vocabulary (CRM 3.3)

a comparison of two things, saying one thing is another (example: Jake was a brain)

• PIE

• metaphor

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

language that is not literal (such as similes and personification)

• figurative language

• author's purpose

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

to show or explain (for example, an author may convey their main point using facts and charts)

• convey

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

why an author wrote the text (to persuade, inform, or entertain)

• word choice

• author's purpose

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

figurative language that describes an object as if it were alive (example: The rain seemed to be giving the grass a bath)

• simile

• author's purpose

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

the attitude an author has towards a topic

• perspective

• text structure

• convey

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

to add to something. (For example, a certain paragraph in a text can contribute important details that develop the central idea)

• metaphor

• contribute

• folktale

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.5

the words and language an author uses to develop their ideas

• essay

• central idea

• word choice

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

a comparison of two things using like or as (ex: He was as skinny as a twig)

• simile

• text structure

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

to highlight, circle, and underline key information and details in a text

• figurative language

• word choice

• mark the text