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6th Grade LA Priorit
LA Priority SMART Goal Vocab (6th Grade)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affix | A prefix or suffix added to a root word to change meaning or part of speech |
| Analogy | A comparison of items based on their relationship |
| Author's Perspective | The author's opinions and beliefs |
| Author's Purpose | The author's reason for writing |
| Character Development | The way a character changes throughout a literary text |
| Conflict | A struggle or battle a character experiences |
| Context Clues | Hints an author gives to help define an unknown word |
| Conventions | Using spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation to help make writing clear and understandable |
| Evidence | Proof found within text |
| Genre | Categories of literature |
| Inference | A conclusion made by using background knowledge and clues from the story |
| Informational Text | A nonfictional piece of writing that informs the reader about a specific topic |
| Literary Devices | Figurative language used to make writing more interesting |
| Literary Text | A fictional piece of writing that tells a story or entertains |
| Main Idea | The overall idea of a text |
| Modes | Different genres of text determined by the author's reason for writing |
| Organizational Patterns | Different ways of organizing information based on the author's purpose |
| Plagiarism | Taking someone else's work or ideas and claiming them as your own |
| Plot Development | The series of events within literary text |
| Point of View | The perspective from which a story is told |
| Prediction | An educated guess at what will happen in the future |
| Root Word | The basic part of a word after all affixes have been removed |
| Summary | A shortened version of a text that includes the main idea and supporting details |
| Supporting Details | The statements that support the overall idea of text |
| Text Features | Parts of a nonfiction text that help the reader find information and understand what they read |
| Theme | The message or life lesson the author wants the reader to learn |
| Word Choice | The vocabulary a writer chooses to show meaning |
| Writing Process | Plan, draft, revise, edit, publish |
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