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6th Grade Vocab List
Language Arts 6th Grade EOG Vocabulary List
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| affect | influence, sway, change |
| alliteration | The repetition of repeating consonants at the beginning of words when they are in a row |
| analyze | To examine critically, to separate something into parts to understand how all the parts make a whole. |
| annotate | To add critical or explanatory notes to a text. |
| antagonist | The cause of the conflict. This doesn’t have to be a person. |
| argument | A line of reasoning; exchange of views |
| assertion or claim | A strong statement that something is true. |
| assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together. |
| assumption | Something that is believed to be true without proof. |
| author's purpose | The reason that the creator made a particular work, such as to entertain, to inform, or to persuade. |
| autobiography | The true story of a person’s life written by that person. |
| biography | True story of a person’s life written by someone other than that person. |
| cause and effect text structure | Text structure in which the results of something are explained. |
| central idea or main idea | The central theme or key concept that the author wants to express. |
| character | A person, animal or imaginary creature in a work of literature. |
| characteristic | A distinguishing feature or quality, a trait. |
| characterization | The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. |
| climax | Part of the plot in which the most exciting part of story happens. |
| compare | To examine two or more people or things in order to discover similarities between them. |
| compare and contrast text structure | Text structure in which two or more things are described; similarities and differences are discussed. |
| conflict | A struggle between opposing forces. |
| context | The words, phrases, or passages that come before and after a particular word or passage in a speech or piece of writing and help to explain its full meaning. |
| contribute | To be one of the factors that causes something. |
| criteria | A standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something. Plural is typically Criteria, and singular is typically Criterion. |
| debate | Formal discussion that considers different sides of a question. |
| dialect | The particular use of language spoken in a definite place by a distinctive group of people. |
| dialogue | Words exchanged between and among characters. |
| effect | Something that happens as a result of a cause. The impact a cause has on a surrounding environment. |
| elaboration | The degree to which the main point or event is explained by specific details, descriptions, and reactions. |
| evaluate | To determine the value or quality of given information. |
| evidence | Something that gives a sign or proof of the existence or truth of something, or that helps somebody to come to a particular conclusion. |
| excerpt | Extract from a book, piece of text, film, etc… |
| exposition | Part of the plot that is the beginning of a story, introducing characters, setting, and the main conflict |
| fable | A brief story that teaches a moral or a lesson that sometimes includes talking animals. |
| falling action | Part of the plot in which the story is clearly winding down and reaching a conclusion. |
| fiction | A narrative story using made up characters that is untrue. |
| figurative language | Imaginative language used for effect that is not meant to be taken literally. |
| flashback | An interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point. |
| folk tale | A simple story that has been passed down through generations. |
| foreshadowing | The use of clues to prepare a reader for future development in a work of literature. |
| hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration used as figurative language. |
| imagery | Words that appeal to the reader’s senses. |
| imply/implied | When the meanings of words are not stated clearly in the context of the text, but rather suggested or hinted at. |
| infer | To make a reasonable guess based on what you read in the text and your prior knowledge. |
| informational text | Text that conveys information about the natural or social world. |
| informative/explanatory | Writing that conveys information accurately in order to increase readers' knowledge of a subject, to help readers better understand a procedure or process, or to provide readers with enhanced comprehension of a concept. |
| legend | A story handed down from the past and often mixes fact and fiction. |
| lyrics | Words of a song. |
| memoir | Historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources. |
| metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things in which something is called something else. |
| mood | The atmosphere in a literary work or passage. The feeling the reader experiences as a result of the reading. |
| myth | Traditional story about the origins or workings of the world, often with superhuman characters |
| narrative | A story. It can be fiction or nonfiction. |
| narrator | The person who tells the story. |
| nonfiction | Writing that is about real people, places and things. |
| onomatopoeia | Words whose sounds suggest their meanings. |
| opinion | A personal view, attitude, or appraisal; a belief or judgment that falls short of absolute conviction, certainty, or positive knowledge; it is a conclusion that certain facts, ideas, etc., are probably true or likely to prove so. |
| personification | Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. |
| plot | The sequence of events that makes up the story. |
| point of view | The perspective or angle from which a story is told. |
| predicting | Using what you already know to make a logical conclusion as to what will happen in the future. |
| protagonist | The main character in a story. |
| repetition | Words or phrases are used more than once to add emphasis. |
| resolution | Part of the plot in which the story concludes and loose ends are tied up. |
| reveal | To disclose something that was unknown. |
| rhyme | Repetition of sounds at the end of words. |
| rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. |
| rising action | Part of the plot in which the conflict develops and suspense builds. |
| sarcasm | A kind of irony that is praise which is really an insult and usually involves malice or the desire to put someone down. |
| sensory language | Writing or speech that appeals to one of more of the five senses. |
| sequence / process writing | Information is organized in steps or a process is explained in the order in which it occurs. |
| setting | The time and place of the action. |
| significance | Importance; impact of something. |
| similes | Use like or as to compare two unlike things and show similarities. |
| speaker | The imaginary voice the poet uses when writing a poem. It is the character who tells the poem. |
| speech | A form of communication in spoken language, made by a speaker before an audience for a given purpose; formal public address. |
| stanza | A group of lines in poetry which are usually similar in length and pattern. |
| summarize | To condense or make concise the main ideas of a text; make a short, brief description of. |
| support | To give valid reasons for what you want to do or your interpretation of a situation. |
| symbolism | A word or object that stands for another word or object. |
| text structure | How the text is organized. |
| textual evidence | References made from the featured text to support a position or an argument. |
| theme | A message about life or human nature conveyed by a work of literature. |
| tone | The author’s attitude toward his or her subject and such as serious, humorous, or impatient. |
| transformation | A complete change, usually into something with an improved appearance or usefulness. |
| verify | To prove the truth of as by evidence or testimony; confirm, substantiate. |
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