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