ELA FINALS 6th grade part 3

Question 1

Central idea

Answer 1

The main purpose of the text

Question 2

Supporting details

Answer 2

Confirm or supports the central idea

Question 3

Nonfiction Author’s purpose

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Persuade

Answer 4

To persuade you to believe or do something

Question 5

Recount

Answer 5

To tell you a true story about a person or event

Question 6

Instruct

Answer 6

To teach you how to do something

Question 7

Describe

Answer 7

To describe a thing or group of things

Question 8

Explain

Answer 8

To make clear or explain something

Question 9

Inform

Answer 9

To give you info about something or something that happened

Question 10

Key events

Answer 10

The main events or plot points of the story

Question 11

Key individuals

Answer 11

The main people of the story

Question 12

Key ideas

Answer 12

The main morals or lessons of the story

Question 13

Comparisons

Answer 13

Comparing 2 ideas, people, pr events in the story

Question 14

Analogies

Answer 14

A comparison but to explain or clarify somehting

Question 15

Categories

Answer 15

A class or division of ideas

Question 16

Anecdotes

Answer 16

A short or amusing story about a real thing

Question 17

Illustrations

Answer 17

Explains something with a drawing from an artist not a camera

Question 18

Descriptions

Answer 18

Give details about something and paints a mental picture

Question 19

Compare and contrast

Answer 19

Explains how 2 things are alike and different

Question 20

Order and sequence

Answer 20

Gives ideas in a chronological order

Question 21

Problem and solution

Answer 21

Describes a problem and how to fix it

Question 22

Cause and effect

Answer 22

What happened (cause) and the effects

Question 23

Primary sources and examples

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Secondary sources and examples

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Preface

Answer 25

An intro to the book written by the author

Question 26

Epilogue

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Appendix

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Glossary

Answer 28

A mini dictionary of the book’s unique words

Question 29

Index

Answer 29

An alphabetical list of names subjects and more at the end of the book