6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) arranged according to the order of time
B) view about life and how people behave
C) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
  • 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 point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) the last part of something or a final result
C) a history of a person's life
D) events in a story
  • 4. Dialogue
A) the chief character in a play
B) a passage quoted from a book
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
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) 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) arranged in or according to the order of time
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) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 7. Simile
A) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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) 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) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a history of a person's life
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 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) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) the last part of something or a final result
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 type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
  • 12. Strategy
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) events in a story
C) serving to describe
D) a careful plan or method
  • 13. Revise
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) to look over again in order to correct or improve
D) a careful plan or method
  • 14. Introduction
A) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
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) 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) 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) 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) events in a story
D) the highest point
  • 18. Antagonist
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a history of a person's life
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) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 20. Comparison
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 continuous or connected series
C) a careful plan or method
D) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
  • 21. Chronological
A) images that can be seen or that are imagined
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) a piece of writing that explains
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 piece of writing that explains
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
  • 23. Sequence
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) a continuous or connected series
C) view about life and how people behave
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 24. Imagery
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
D) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
  • 25. Autobiography
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a history of a person's life
  • 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) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
  • 28. Onomatopoeia
A) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 29. Idioms
A) events in a story
B) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
C) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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) 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) an explanation of something
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