6th ELA FINALS Study Guide

Question 1

Setting

Answer 1

The time and place of a story

Question 2

Point of view

Answer 2

The narrator’s position in the story

Question 3

First person POV

Answer 3

The narrator is the main character

Question 4

Third person Limited POV

Answer 4

The narrator isn’t a character and only knows the main character’s thoughts and feelings

Question 5

Third person omniscient POV

Answer 5

The narrator isn’t a character and knows all the characters’ thoughts and feelings

Question 6

Character traits

Answer 6

What a character is like on the inside

Question 7

Direct characterization

Answer 7

The narrator directly describes a character

Question 8

INdirect characterization

Answer 8

The character is described through text, feelings, and thoughts.

Question 9

Mood

Answer 9

The reader’s feelings

Question 10

Tone

Answer 10

The authors feelings

Question 11

Author’s Purpose

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The reason the book was written

Question 12

The 7 author’s purposes

Answer 12

Entertain, Persuade, Recount, Instruct, Describe, Explain and Inform.

Question 13

Plot

Answer 13

The events that make up a story

Question 14

Expostion

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The begining of the story that shows the characters, setting and mood

Question 15

Rising action

Answer 15

Events that build tension and lead up to the climax

Question 16

Climax

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The most tense part of the story, the main character changes a bit.

Question 17

Falling action

Answer 17

What happened as a result of the climax

Question 18

Resolution

Answer 18

The ending of a story, isn’t always happy.

Question 19

Primary sources and examples

Answer 19

Info about a topic from someone who witnessed it, diary/interview

Question 20

Secondary sources and examples

Answer 20

Info about a topic from someone who didn’t witness it, newspaper/article

Question 21

C.U.P.S

Answer 21

Capitals, correct Usage of tenses, Punctuation marks, Spelling.

Question 22

A.R.M.S.

Answer 22

Add, Remove, Move, and Substitute words.

Question 23

Types of sentences

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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, and Exclamatory

Question 24

Declarative meaning and example

Answer 24

Gives info about something and ends with a period, “My cat loves me.”

Question 25

Imperative meaning and example

Answer 25

Is an order and ends with a period, "Do your work."

Question 26

Exclamatory meaning and example

Answer 26

States something and ends with an exclamation mark, "I can't wait to get my FNAF merch!"

Question 27

Interrogative meaning and example

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Asks a question and ends with a question mark "What are you doing?"

Question 28

Simple sentence meaning and example

Answer 28

Has 1 subject and 1 predicate, "I have 2 cats."

Question 29

Compound sentence

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2 independent clauses joined into 1 sentence, "I waited for my brother but Sharjeel was running behind to pick me up."

Question 30

Adjective meaning and example

Answer 30

Describes an noun, "Good."

Question 31

Adverb

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Describes a verb, "Quickly"

Question 32

Common Noun

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A non-specific noun, "Cats"

Question 33

Proper noun

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A specific noun, "My cats, Soup and Mano"

Question 34

Central idea

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The main purpose of the text

Question 35

Supporting details

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Details that support the central idea

Question 36

Nonfiction Author's purpose

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Persuade, Recount, Instruct, Describe, Explain, and Inform

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Persuade

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To persuade you to believe or do something

Question 38

Recount

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To tell you a true story about a person or event

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Instruct

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To teach you how to do something

Question 40

Describe

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To describe something

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Explain

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To make clear or explain something

Question 42

Inform

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To give you info about something or something that happened

Question 43

Key events

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The main events or plot points of the story

Question 44

Key individuals

Answer 44

The main people of the story

Question 45

Key ideas

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The main morals or lessons of the story

Question 46

Comparisons

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Comparing 2 ideas, people, pr events in the story

Question 47

Analogies

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A literary device used to compare similarities between two unrelated things as a way to make a point through the comparison

Question 48

Categories

Answer 48

A class or division of ideas

Question 49

Anecdotes

Answer 49

A short or amusing story about a real thing

Question 50

Illustrations

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Explains something with a drawing from an artist not a camera

Question 51

Descriptions

Answer 51

Give details about something and paints a mental picture

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Compare and contrast

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Explains how 2 things are alike and different

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Order and sequence

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Gives ideas in a chronological order

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Problem and solution

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Describes a problem and how to fix it

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Cause and effect

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What happened (cause) and the effects

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Preface

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An intro to a book written by the author

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Epilogue

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A comment at the end of the book from the author about the story

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Appendix

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A section at the end with additional matter, definitions and more

Question 59

Glossary

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A mini dictionary of the book's unique words