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LArts6 Vocab
30 Vocab Words for 6th Grade LArts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Personal Narrative (What is it?) | A story based on an event from the author’s life. |
| Relevance (Why is it important for details to be relevant?) | You want to stick with important details that stay on topic so the reader doesn’t get confused. |
| Sequence (What does it mean to write in sequence?) | The events are written in the order that they happened in real life. |
| Elaboration (What does it mean to elaborate in writing?) | The author adds vivid details when describing important events in the story. |
| Stamina & Fluency (What does it mean to build these?) | Readers can practice reading over time so they can read longer, more complex texts for longer periods of time. |
| Character Motivation (How do reader’s determine this?) | We can figure out what a character wants by analyzing how he/she acted or thought. |
| Scenes & Narration (What is the difference?) | Scenes include actions and conversations, and narration ties scenes together by describing setting and/or character thoughts. |
| Tension (What is it?) | This is when story events build to a climax and usually the situation gets worse before it is resolved. |
| Theme (What is it?) | This is the overall idea/message that the author wants to say to the reader through the story. |
| Fact & Opinion (What is the difference?) | Facts can be proven, but opinions are personal feelings about a topic. |
| Debatable Claim (What is it?) | This is the writer’s opinion on a topic that can be backed up with evidence. |
| Evidence (What is it in writing?) | This is a combination of facts, reasons, or personal experiences that support the claim. |
| Credible Sources (What are they?) | These are websites, reports, and articles developed by experts and journalists. |
| Citing Sources (What does this mean?) | This means that the author gives credit for the information and ideas that he/she borrowed from a credible source. |
| Narrative Techniques (What are some examples?) | Examples include setting the tone, point of view (first/third person), dialogue, and description |
| Tone (What does it mean to set the tone?) | This is when an author uses certain words, character actions, and/or punctuation to give the reader a certain feeling or message in the story. |
| Point of View (What is the difference between 1st and 3rd?) | First person point of view is written from the “I” perspective, and third person is written about “he/she/them.” |
| Inference (What does it mean to make an inference?) | This is to take what the author has told you in the story and think about more (like how the character must feel or what he/she must be thinking). |
| Dialogue (What is the purpose of this?) | This brings scenes to life so we can learn more about characters from what they talk about. |
| Textual Evidence (What is it?) | This is the detail or event in the book that lead you to think of your idea. |
| Analysis of Literature (What does that mean?) | When we do this, we write and talk about literature in order to make connections and form theories about characters from the literature. |
| Direct Quote (What is this?) | This means that you copied an exact quote/sentence from the literature to use in your literary essay. |
| Transition Words (What are some examples?) | first, next, at the end, finally, most importantly, furthermore |
| Paraphrasing (What is it?) | This is when the writer uses his/her own words to describe events from the text. |
| Revising (Describe this stage of writing) | The writer allows multiple people to review his/her writing and discuss or conference about what was good and what needs improvement. |
| Informational Text Features (What are some examples?) | bold print, captions, graphs, headings, table of contents, photographs, titles |
| Informational Text Structures (What are the 5 types?) | description, problem/solution, time/order, comparison/contrast, cause/effect |
| Central Idea (What is this?) | This is the one big thing that the text is teaching. All details connect with the central idea. |
| Summary (What should we remember when writing this?) | Include the central idea and important details, use your own words, include content specific words, have a logical order of ideas |
| Author’s Purpose (What are 3 types?) | persuade, inform, entertain |
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