6th Grade Reading SOL Vocabulary

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What is a caption?

Back

A title or short description of a picture.

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What is a base word (root word)?

Back

The main word or root word.

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What type of conflict involves a character's struggle with some element of society, such as the school or the law?

Back

Man vs. Man.

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What does the term '3rd person omniscient' describe in storytelling?

Back

A narrator who knows everything about the story and all characters.

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What is a glossary?

Back

A place in the back of the book that gives the definitions or tells the meaning of certain words in the book.

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What is a theme in literature?

Back

The central idea or message in a story.

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What is a simile?

Back

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is the setting of a story?

Back

The time and place in which the story occurs.

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What is a protagonist?

Back

The main character in a story, often facing a conflict.