6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) view about life and how people behave
B) arranged according to the order of time
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) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
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) the repetition of a sound
  • 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) a conversation between two or more persons
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) the chief character in a play
D) a passage quoted from a book
  • 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) 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) a history of a person's life
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 7. Simile
A) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
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) 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) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
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) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
B) events in a story
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
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) guess or surmise
B) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
C) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 12. Strategy
A) serving to describe
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) a careful plan or method
D) events in a story
  • 13. Revise
A) a careful plan or method
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 14. Introduction
A) the highest point
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) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
  • 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) 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) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a history of a person's life
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 19. Quotation
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, placed in a particular order
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 careful plan or method
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 continuous or connected series
  • 21. Chronological
A) arranged in or according to the order of time
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) a piece of writing that explains
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a history of a person's life
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 23. Sequence
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a continuous or connected series
D) view about life and how people behave
  • 24. Imagery
A) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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 chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 25. Autobiography
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) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 26. Descriptive
A) to look over again in order to correct or improve
B) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
C) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
D) a careful plan or method
  • 27. Inference
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
C) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 28. Onomatopoeia
A) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
D) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 29. Idioms
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) 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) events in a story
  • 30. Narrative Text
A) an explanation of something
B) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
C) 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
D) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
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