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6th Grade ELA

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Term
Definition
protagonist   The main character in a piece of literature..  
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stanzas   Paragraphs: Prose:: _________: Poetry  
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dialogue   Quotation marks show...  
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setting   When/where a story takes place...  
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personification   Giving human attributes to nonliving things..  
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fact   A true statement.  
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narrator   A person telling a story...  
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speaker   The person who is telling a poem.  
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hyperbole   A statement that is an exaggeration.  
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fiction   A story that is NOT true.  
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nonfiction   A story that IS true.  
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simile   A comparison using like or as...  
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metaphor   A comparison that does not use like or as...  
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mood   How the reader feels about a piece of literature is...  
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tone   How the author creates the mood for the reader; they set the...  
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conflict   The problem in the story...  
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context   When you don't know a word, what clues do you use?  
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reread   You are distracted when reading, so you should go back and....  
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inference   Things the reader figures out by using author's clues and prior knowledge...  
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onomatopoeia   Sound words used in literature. Ex. Boom, Crash..  
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alliteration   The use of repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of a word. Ex. Sally went to the super Saturday skating party.  
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flashback   When a character remembers or reflects on something that happened in the past...  
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foreshadow   When the author drops hints or clues in the story about something that will happen in the future...  
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main idea   The central meaning or what the story is mainly about...  
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opinion   Your personal feelings about something is called your...  
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climax   The turning point in fictional literature is the...  
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theme   The author's main message in a story is the ...  
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cause   What makes something happen?  
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effect   What is the result of something?  
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poetry   Written in stanzas and lines, with or without rhyme....  
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resolution   The end of the story where everything is resolved...  
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rising action   The events rising up to the climax...  
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antagonist   The person or thing in conflict with the protagonist is the...  
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falling action   The events that happen after the climax in a story...  
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synonyms   Words that have the same or similar meanings are...  
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antonyms   Words that have an opposite meaning are...  
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subheadings   Divides reading passages into shorter sections, gives information about what you will read next, and are usually bolded... "Reading Road Signs"  
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footnote   Defines a word that may not be familiar, at the bottom of the page...  
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italicized   When an author uses a different font to make a word stand out it is....  
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evidence   You should be able to find details in the text to support your answer. This is called...  
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compare   To show how things are alike....  
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contrast   To show how things are different...  
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solution   The answer or explanation to a problem or conflict is a...  
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sequence   The order in which something happens.  
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biased   To be prejudiced and unfair is....  
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ironic   When the unexpected or opposite happens. Ex. The police station was robbed.  
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primary source   An original or firsthand account...  
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collaborate   To work together....  
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cite   To quote or use an example; to _______ a source when writing a research paper  
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plagiarism   To use someone else's words without providing credit; imitating or copying without crediting the original author  
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credible   Trustworthy or being able to believe something.  
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paraphrase   To summarize, reword, or restate something.  
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analyze   To examine something closely.  
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point of view   The position and relationship of the narrator in the story to the events and characters.  
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connotation   A suggested meaning for a word. Ex. The definition for the word home can be 'a place of warmth and protection.'  
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denotation   A dictionary definition for a word.  
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stereotype   To unfairly categorize or classify people or things.  
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