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