6th Grade ELA Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 1. the time and place in which the action of a story occurs
  2. 3. to look at something carefully by paying attention to all of its parts
  3. 6. description that appeals to the five senses; used to create a picture in the reader's mind
  4. 10. a comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as to compare the two things
  5. 11. how the conflict is solved
  6. 15. Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
  7. 17. an expression that cannot be understood if taken literally
  8. 18. a person, place, or object which has meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well
  9. 20. a message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader
  10. 22. this is the author's primary reason for writing. P.I.E.
  11. 24. this can be added to the end of a word to change the word's meaning
  12. 26. the other words in the sentence or in the sentences that come before or after an unknown word that can be used to determine the meaning of a word
  13. 28. repetition of sounds at the end of words
  14. 29. the peak of action and conflict in a story
  15. 30. sequence of events in a story
  16. 32. this can be added to the beginning of a word to change the word's meaning
Down
  1. 2. this is reading between the lines; an educated guess using context clues and background knowledge
  2. 4. a word that imitates the sound it represents
  3. 5. to strengthen an argument or an idea by providing facts, details, examples, etc.
  4. 7. this is the perspective from which a story is told
  5. 8. a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human qualities
  6. 9. briefly retelling in your own words the main ideas and most important details
  7. 12. these are the words spoken by characters in a literary work
  8. 13. this is a statement that can be proven true
  9. 14. the attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
  10. 16. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
  11. 19. this is the central and most important idea of a reading passage
  12. 21. the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
  13. 23. the base word you start with before adding prefixes or suffixes
  14. 25. a group of lines in a poem
  15. 27. organization of a text
  16. 29. to quote or mention
  17. 31. a comparison of two unlike things using like or as