6th Grade ELA EOG Vocabulary

Fiction

A story that is made up or not true

Non-Fiction

A selection that is true or factual

Drama

Another word for plays

Poetry

A text with stanzas. Lines, and rhyming words

Memoirs

A kind of writing that tells someone's memories

Summary

A retelling of the most important parts of what was read.

Biography

A story about someone's life

Autobiography

When the author tells his own life story

Fantasy

Stories that have elements in them that could not really happen.

Folk Tales

Fiction stories that are based on legends.

Fairy Tales

Stories that involve unrealistic characters like fairies, and usually have a happy ending

Myth/Legend

A story passed down from generations that explain historical events

Poet

author or writer of a poem

Speaker

A person who reads the poem out loud

Stanza

A group of lines that make up a paragraph in a poem

Narrator

the person telling the story

Scene

A smaller section of the play

Dictionary

an information aid that lists words in alphabetical order and includes the definition, spelling, parts of speech

Thesaurus

An information aid that helps you find the synonym for a word you already have

Atlas

A book that contains maps

Exaggeration

To stretch the truth with information or facts that are not true

Personification

When the author gives objects or natural forces human characteristics and feelings

Similes

When you use the words "like" or "as" to compare

Metaphor

When you compare without using the words "like" or "as"

Alliteration

repeating rhyming words

Cause

What makes something happen

Effect

What happens because of something.

Significance

Importance

Impact

A dramatic or large effect on the story

Main Idea and idk

What the story is mainly about.

Purpose

why the author wrote the passage

Opinion

How a person feels about something

Tone

how does the author feel

Characteristics

Traits a character has, EX. BRAVE

Fact

A statement that is true

Details

sentences that support the main idea that tells who, what, when, where and why

To Entertain

Humor the reader (funny)

To Inform

To give information or facts to the reader

Persuasive

To get the reader to buy or do something

Prediction

Something you think will happen

Compare & Contrast

How are things alike and different

Sequence

The order of events

Inference

A special kind of guess or opinion based on facts.

Characters

The people or animals in the story

Plot

Part of the story that tells what happens.

Conflict

Part of the Plot. Also known as the problem.

Resolution

When the problem in the story is fixed/solution

Setting

Where and when the story takes place.

Synonym

Words that have the same meaning

Antonym

Words that have the opposite meaning

Prefix

The word part before the root word

Suffix

The word part at the end of a root word

Point of View

Some stories are written in the 1st person and use the word I. Others are written in the 3rd person and use the words: he, she....

Context Clues

When you use the words or sentences around the word to find a meaning.

Generalization

When you make a statement based from facts

Theme

The message the author wants to deliver

Flashback

When the author suddenly interrupts the flow of the story and jumps back to earlier events

Stereotype

An opinion that describes an entire group of people.

Foreshadowing

To give the reader information before it happens

Onomatopoeia

writing words that sound like sound

Graphic Organizer

A diagram used to help organize information from a selection

Heading

Tells what the article is about

Diagram

A picture to help with the understanding of information

Flow Chart

A step-by-step change of data over time.

Paragraph

A group of sentences in a written piece (book)

Conclusion

A logical guess that contains own ideas, answers, and thoughts about what you have read.

Trait

Something interesting about a character.

Motivation

An event that causes the character to act in a certain way.

Character vs. Character conflict

Character versus another character's conflict.

Character vs. Nature conflict

A character's conflict with nature.

Character vs. Self conflict

A character's conflict with him/herself.

Relationship

A connection between characters.

Mood

The way a reader feels about the story.

Protagonist

Main character in a story.

Antagonist

A character or force in conflict with the main character.