6th Grade ELA STAAR Vocab

Alliteration

• the repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Example: Sally sells Sea Shells...)
• language that helps a reader to visualize the characters, setting, and events from a text in a better way.
• Drawings or photographs that help explain what is going on in the text
• a collection of word pictures that help the reader to visualize the story better; uses devices such as metaphor, simile, etc

Author's Purpose

• the perspective from which a story is told (Examples: 1st Person, 2nd Person, 3rd Person)
• The reason the author has for writing. (Examples: Inform/teach, persuade, express, & entertain)
• a fictional story that uses supernatural beings (gods/goddesses) to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena
• Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I", "me", "my", & "we"

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Captions

• parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc)
• A drawing that shows or explains something...usually includes labels and captions
• small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture
• instructions for actors and stage crew in a drama

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

Cause

• when an author uses clues to help the reader to figure out what events will happen later in the plot
• when a part of the story goes back in time
• an event that follows (comes after) and is caused by some previous event
• The reason WHY something happens

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.W.6.2A

Cause and Effect

• shows the development of a problem and its solution; (signal words include: problem, solution, because, since, as a result, so that)
• shows all the ways that two or more things are similar and different; (signal words include: like; unlike; same as; but; in contrast; compared to; on the other hand; however; both; also; as well as; although; yet; nevertheless; as opposed to; whereas)
• puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened. (signal words include: NUMBERS...dates: months, years- 1909, 1915, 1922, etc. / times- 6:00am, 8:30am, 2:00pm, etc.)
• the author describes the causes and the resulting effects. (signal words include: therefore; consequently; so; this led to; as a result of; because of; if; since; so that; thus; for this reason;)

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.W.6.2C

Chronological Order

• shows the development of a problem and its solution; (signal words include: problem, solution, because, since, as a result, so that)
• shows all the ways that two or more things are similar and different; (signal words include: like; unlike; same as; but; in contrast; compared to; on the other hand; however; both; also; as well as; although; yet; nevertheless; as opposed to; whereas)
• puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened. (signal words include: NUMBERS...dates: months, years- 1909, 1915, 1922, etc. / times- 6:00am, 8:30am, 2:00pm, etc.)
• the author describes the causes and the resulting effects. (signal words include: therefore; consequently; so; this led to; as a result of; because of; if; since; so that; thus; for this reason;)

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3C

Compare and Contrast

• shows the development of a problem and its solution; (signal words include: problem, solution, because, since, as a result, so that)
• puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened. (signal words include: NUMBERS...dates: months, years- 1909, 1915, 1922, etc. / times- 6:00am, 8:30am, 2:00pm, etc.)
• the author describes the causes and the resulting effects. (signal words include: therefore; consequently; so; this led to; as a result of; because of; if; since; so that; thus; for this reason;)
• shows all the ways that two or more things are similar and different; (signal words include: like; unlike; same as; but; in contrast; compared to; on the other hand; however; both; also; as well as; although; yet; nevertheless; as opposed to; whereas)

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.9B

Conflict

• the problem in the story
• where and when the story takes place
• the events that make up a fictional story
• characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Context Clues

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine (or figure out) the meaning of an unknown word
• sentences that give the reader specific facts, descriptions & examples that help them to better understand the main idea
• combining the inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement you have discovered from analyzing the text

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RL.6.4

Convey

• to say that something is larger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth"
• to tell; make known
• a conversation between two characters in a story
• when a reader uses clues from the text (textual evidence) plus what they already know about human life to draw a conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4