Grade 6 ELA domain-specific vocabulary examples list.

📚 Quick Study Guide

🔑 Context Clues: Use nearby words to understand the meaning of a new word. 📖 Figurative Language: Language used in a non-literal way, such as similes and metaphors. ✍️ Author's Purpose: The reason an author writes something (to inform, persuade, entertain). 🗣️ Point of View: The perspective from which a story is told (first person, third person). 📜 Theme: The underlying message or idea of a story. 🎭 Character Development: How a character changes throughout a story. 📝 Inference: A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Practice Quiz

1. What is the meaning of the word 'analyze'?
   1. To ignore something.
   2. To examine something carefully and in detail.
   3. To quickly glance at something.
   4. To destroy something.
2. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
   1. The sun smiled down on us.
   2. The car is a lemon.
   3. He is as brave as a lion.
   4. Life is a highway.
3. What does 'author's purpose' refer to?
   1. The length of the book.
   2. The reason the author wrote the text.
   3. The color of the cover.
   4. The number of chapters.
4. What does 'first person point of view' mean?
   1. The story is told from the perspective of 'you'.
   2. The story is told from the perspective of 'he', 'she', or 'it'.
   3. The story is told from the perspective of 'I' or 'we'.
   4. The story is told by an all-knowing narrator.
5. What is the theme of a story?
   1. The setting of the story.
   2. The main character's name.
   3. The underlying message or idea.
   4. The plot of the story.
6. Which of the following describes 'character development'?
   1. How the character decorates their home.
   2. How a character changes throughout a story.
   3. The character's favorite food.
   4. The car the character drives.
7. What does it mean to 'infer' something?
   1. To directly state something.
   2. To guess randomly.
   3. To reach a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.
   4. To ignore the information.