6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 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) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
B) the repetition of a sound
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 point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) a history of a person's life
C) the last part of something or a final result
D) events in a story
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a way of looking at or thinking about something
B) a passage quoted from a book
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) the chief character in a play
  • 5. Alliteration
A) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
B) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) 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
D) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 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) 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 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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
  • 8. Bibliography
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) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 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 last part of something or a final result
D) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
  • 11. Informational Text
A) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
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) guess or surmise
  • 12. Strategy
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) serving to describe
C) a careful plan or method
D) events in a story
  • 13. Revise
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) a careful plan or method
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 14. Introduction
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
C) a final decision reached by reasoning
D) the highest point
  • 15. Biography
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) 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 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 where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
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 naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 17. Plot
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) the highest point
D) events in a story
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a history of a person's life
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
  • 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) a conversation between two or more persons
D) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
  • 20. Comparison
A) a continuous or connected series
B) a careful plan or method
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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
  • 21. Chronological
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) images that can be seen or that are imagined
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 piece of writing that explains
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 23. Sequence
A) view about life and how people behave
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) a continuous or connected series
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 24. Imagery
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
C) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
D) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 25. Autobiography
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 26. Descriptive
A) a careful plan or method
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
D) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
  • 27. Inference
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
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) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
  • 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 naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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) 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) 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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