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) the repetition of a sound
B) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
C) a careful plan or method
D) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 3. Climax
A) events in a story
B) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
C) a history of a person's life
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a way of looking at or thinking about something
B) a passage quoted from a book
C) the chief character in a play
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 5. Alliteration
A) 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
B) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
D) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
  • 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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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 in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 8. Bibliography
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
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
  • 9. Point of view
A) events in a story
B) guess or surmise
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 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) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
C) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) guess or surmise
  • 12. Strategy
A) events in a story
B) serving to describe
C) a careful plan or method
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 13. Revise
A) a careful plan or method
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 14. Introduction
A) the highest point
B) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
C) a final decision reached by reasoning
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 15. Biography
A) a biography written by the person it is about
B) a history of a person's life
C) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 16. Personification
A) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 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) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) a history of a person's life
  • 19. Quotation
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
C) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 20. Comparison
A) a continuous or connected series
B) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
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) images that can be seen or that are imagined
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 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) view about life and how people behave
B) a continuous or connected series
C) a final decision reached by reasoning
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 representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 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) to look over again in order to correct or improve
B) a careful plan or method
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 art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 28. Onomatopoeia
A) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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 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) 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 repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
D) events in a story
  • 30. Narrative Text
A) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
B) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
C) an explanation of something
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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