Common Core Words to Know and Apply- Grade 6 Please make sure you are studying these words regularly for homework. 1. Cause ~The reason why something happens. Example: Floor is slippery: 2. Effect - The result of what happens. Example: Someone fell. . Cite Evidence — When you cite evidence from the text, you quote phrases, or wo mention information from the reading as an example or proof of what you are saying. Ex. If'a question asks how does the main character show she is happy? ‘You would go into the text to find proof. She was laughing shows evidence. 4. Compare - Ways that people, animals, events, or ideas are alike. 5. Contrast - Ways that people, animals, events, or ideas are different. 6. Conflict/ Problem — Struggle between two forces. External Conflict: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society Internal Conflict: Man vs. Himself (guilty conscience, tough decision) 7. Context Clues — Using words before or after an unfamiliar word to help figure out its meaning. 8. Fact — A statement that can be proven. Example: It is Friday. 9. Opinion — What someone thinks or feels. Example: Pizza is the best food. 10, Inference — Reading in between the lines for what the author hasn’t stated directly.11. Homograph - A word with multiple meanings. Ex. The fresh fruit was delicious. Here fresh means new. Ex. He never speaks to his parents in a fresh way. Here it means not nice. 12. Main Idea — What a piece of writing is mostly about. 13. Plot - Beginning, middle and end of a story. 14. Point of View- The angle from which a story is told. First Person — One of the characters is telling the story. Third Person — Someone from outside the story is telling it. 15. Prefix — A word part added at the beginning of a word. 16. Pronoun - A pronoun is used in place of a noun or nouns. Common pronouns include he, her, him, I, it, me, she, them, they, us, and we. A subjective pronoun acts as the subject of a sentence—it performs the action of the verb. The subjective pronouns are he, I, it, she, they, we, and you. An objective pronoun acts as the object of a sentence—it receives the action of the verb. The objective pronouns are her, him, it, me, them, us, and you. A possessive pronoun tells you who owns something. The possessive pronouns are hers, his, its, mine, ours, theirs, and yours. An intensive pronoun emphasizes its antecedent (the noun that comes before it). The intensive pronouns are herself, himself, itself, myself, ourselves, themselves, and yourselves. 17. Resolution — Conflict is resolved. 18. Setting - Where and when a story takes place. 19. Suffix — A word part added at the end of a word. 20. Summarize —Ideas from a piece of writing that capture the main idea and supporting details. Summaries are short and clear. 21, Synonym — A word that means the same as another word, Happy/Glad 22. Theme — The central message or lesson of a story.