6th Grade Final Study Guide

What is an argumentative text?

• A text that provides information
• A text that attempts to persuade the reader to take a stance on a topic using evidence and reasoning
• Someone texting someone else just to argue
• A story meant to be funny

What is a text structure?

• The pattern in which the information in a text is organized
• A building made of texts
• The reader's imagination
• The author's opinion

Read the following passage. After you do, identify the claim of the passage, a reason given for the claim in the passage, and evidence that supports the claim below. Wilkinson Middle School is one of the best schools in Michigan. This is because Wilkinson has amazing students. These students earn good grades and score high on standardized tests.

Short descriptions under photos or illustrations that name or explain the photo are known as

• glossaries
• font styles
• pictures
• captions

What is "setting"?

• An individual in a literary work whose thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions move the action of the plot forward.
• The time and place of the events in a work of literature.
• The sequence of events that take place in a work of literature.
• How the events of the plot unfold and how that affects the setting and the characters.

Titles that distinguish different sections to organize topics and ideas

• captions
• headings & subheadings
• font styles
• table of contents

What is an informational text's purpose?

What is a text structure?

An illustration or photo that has labels for different parts of the picture is a

• font style
• diagram
• heading
• caption

What is specialized vocabulary?

• Vocabulary that helps the reader understand the topic in an informational text
• Any word that you've never heard in your life
• The words underneath a picture
• Vocabulary about specialties