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