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6th Grade Language Arts 2009
Contributed by: LaFave
  • 1. Theme
A) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
B) view about life and how people behave
C) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) arranged according to the order of time
  • 2. Metaphor
A) the repetition of a sound
B) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
C) a careful plan or method
D) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
  • 3. Climax
A) the last part of something or a final result
B) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
C) events in a story
D) a history of a person's life
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) the chief character in a play
C) a passage quoted from a book
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 5. Alliteration
A) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
C) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
D) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est added or more or most prefixed) to show different levels of quality, quantity, or
  • 6. Protagonist
A) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) a history of a person's life
  • 7. Simile
A) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
B) a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
C) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
D) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 8. Bibliography
A) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) a history of a person's life
  • 9. Point of view
A) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
B) guess or surmise
C) events in a story
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
C) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 11. Informational Text
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
C) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
D) guess or surmise
  • 12. Strategy
A) events in a story
B) serving to describe
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) a careful plan or method
  • 13. Revise
A) to look over again in order to correct or improve
B) a careful plan or method
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 14. Introduction
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
D) the highest point
  • 15. Biography
A) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
B) a history of a person's life
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 16. Personification
A) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
B) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
C) a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
D) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
  • 17. Plot
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) events in a story
D) the highest point
  • 18. Antagonist
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) a history of a person's life
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 19. Quotation
A) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 20. Comparison
A) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
B) a continuous or connected series
C) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
D) a careful plan or method
  • 21. Chronological
A) images that can be seen or that are imagined
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a biography written by the person it is about
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) a history of a person's life
  • 23. Sequence
A) a continuous or connected series
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) view about life and how people behave
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 24. Imagery
A) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
  • 25. Autobiography
A) a history of a person's life
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 26. Descriptive
A) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
B) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
C) a careful plan or method
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 27. Inference
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
  • 28. Onomatopoeia
A) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
B) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
C) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
D) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
  • 29. Idioms
A) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
B) events in a story
C) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
D) a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
  • 30. Narrative Text
A) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order and recounted through either telling or writing
B) an explanation of something
C) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
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