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 figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
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 last part of something or a final result
B) a history of a person's life
C) events in a story
D) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) a passage quoted from a book
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) the chief character in a play
  • 5. Alliteration
A) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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) 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 history of a person's life
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 7. Simile
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 use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
C) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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) a history of a person's life
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) arranged in or according to the order of time
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) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
D) events in a story
  • 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 collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
  • 12. Strategy
A) events in a story
B) serving to describe
C) a piece of writing that explains
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) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) the highest point
C) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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 where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
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
  • 17. Plot
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) the highest point
C) events in a story
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
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) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 19. Quotation
A) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
B) a conversation between two or more persons
C) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 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) 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) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a biography written by the person it is about
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) a history of a person's life
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 23. Sequence
A) view about life and how people behave
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a continuous or connected series
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 24. Imagery
A) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
B) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
  • 25. Autobiography
A) a biography written by the person it is about
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
  • 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) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
B) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
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) 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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) events in a story
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) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
  • 30. Narrative Text
A) an explanation of something
B) 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
C) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
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