6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) arranged according to the order of time
B) view about life and how people behave
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) a careful plan or method
C) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
D) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
  • 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) the chief character in a play
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a passage quoted from a book
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 5. Alliteration
A) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 6. Protagonist
A) a history of a person's life
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
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) 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) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
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 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) guess or surmise
B) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
C) events in a story
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the last part of something or a final result
B) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
C) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 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 careful plan or method
B) events in a story
C) serving to describe
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 13. Revise
A) a careful plan or method
B) a conversation between two or more persons
C) to look over again in order to correct or improve
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 14. Introduction
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) the highest point
D) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
  • 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 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 highest point
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) events in a story
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a history of a person's life
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) 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 careful plan or method
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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
  • 21. Chronological
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) images that can be seen or that are imagined
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 list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a biography written by the person it is about
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) a history of a person's life
  • 23. Sequence
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) a continuous or connected series
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) view about life and how people behave
  • 24. Imagery
A) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
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) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 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) a careful plan or method
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
D) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
  • 27. Inference
A) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
D) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
  • 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) 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) 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) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
C) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) an explanation of something
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