Grade 6 ELA Tiered Vocabulary

theme

The big message of a story.

central idea

What the text is mostly about.

summary

A short retelling of a text.

textual evidence

Words from the text that prove an idea.

inference

A guess based on clues in the text.

point of view

Who is telling the story.

tone

How the author feels.

mood

How the reader feels.

plot

What happens in the story.

characterization

How the author shows what a character is like.

figurative language

Words that create strong pictures or feelings.

connotation

A feeling a word gives.

denotation

The dictionary meaning of a word.

analyze

Look at carefully.

compare

Find same and different.

infer

Make a guess from clues.

summarize

Tell the main ideas shortly.

support

Give evidence or examples.

idea

A thought.

detail

A small part of the text.

example

Something that shows an idea.

reason

Why something happens.