6th grade vocabulary

a detailed examination of the components of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole

• Analysis

• evidence

• explicit

• text

facts and/or information (quotes, statistics, graphs, etc.) presented together as a body of support for a claim or value statement

• textual evidence

• text

• evidence

• analysis

stated clearly and directly, leaving no room for confusion or interpretation

• inference

• explicit, explicitly

• text

• evidence

a conclusion derived from logical reasoning following an investigation of available evidence

• inference

• textual evidence

• analysis

• evidence

any media that students can read, write, view, listen to, or explore, including books, photographs, films, articles, music, art, and more

• analysis

• evidence

• inference

• text

evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and/or assertions about the text itself

• inference

• textual evidence

• explicit

• evidence

brief statement of the main points of a larger work or text; the act of providing such a statement or account

• theme

• evidence

• central idea

• summary/summarize

the subject or underlying meaning that a literary text directly or indirectly explains, develops, and/or explores

• central idea

• figurative language

• theme

• text

to explain something in words; the details necessary to give a full and precise account

• theme

• plot

• simile

• describe/description

a genre or category of literature generally designed to be presented to an audience by actors on stage that relies heavily on dialogue

• drama

• plot

• central idea

• opinion