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Standardized Test Terms
6th Grade Standardized Test Terms
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English
6th Grade
01/11/2009

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Analyze
Definition
To look at something closely.
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Persuade
Definition
Argue; convince; defend one side of an issue; give your point of view.
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Compare
Definition
Identify how things are alike or similar.
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Contrast
Definition
Identify how thing are different.
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Summarize
Definition
Retell the most important, points. Keeping it short.
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Demonstrate
Definition
Step-by-step procedure on how to do something.
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Describe
Definition
Present a clear picture; using adjectives and adverbs.
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Explain
Definition
Tell who, what, when, where, why, and how.
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Interpret
Definition
Write or tell your understanding in your own words.
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Infer
Definition
Reading between the lines; the answer is not written but inferred (suggested using clues). Tell what you think is being said.
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Characters
Definition
A person/animal who takes part in the action of a story.
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Setting
Definition
The time or place where an event takes place.
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Plot
Definition
The series of events that tell the story.
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Rising Action
Definition
Events that happen before the climax.
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Climax
Definition
The highest point of interest where the conflict is resolved.
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Falling Action
Definition
The events that happen after the climax and leads to the end of the story.
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Conflict
Definition
The struggle or problem the main character encounters, usually with another character.
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Point of View
Definition
The perspective from which a story, poem, or play is being told or narrated.
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparing two unlike things NOT using the words 'like' or 'as'.
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Similes
Definition
Comparing two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
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Idioms
Definition
A word or phrase that is commonly used which means something different from what it says.
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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

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Hyperbole
Definition
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
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Alliteration
Definition
The repeated use of the initial sound (or first letter) in several words.
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