6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) view about life and how people behave
B) images that can be seen or that are imagined
C) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
D) arranged according to the order of time
  • 2. Metaphor
A) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
B) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
C) the repetition of a sound
D) a careful plan or method
  • 3. Climax
A) events in a story
B) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
C) the last part of something or a final result
D) a history of a person's life
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a way of looking at or thinking about something
B) the chief character in a play
C) a conversation between two or more persons
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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
D) 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
  • 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 things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
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 choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
D) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
  • 8. Bibliography
A) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) a history of a person's life
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 9. Point of view
A) events in a story
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) guess or surmise
  • 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 part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 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) guess or surmise
D) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
  • 12. Strategy
A) serving to describe
B) a careful plan or method
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) events in a story
  • 13. Revise
A) a careful plan or method
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 14. Introduction
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
C) the highest point
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 15. Biography
A) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
B) a biography written by the person it is about
C) a history of a person's life
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 16. Personification
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 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 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) events in a story
C) the highest point
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) a history of a person's life
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 19. Quotation
A) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
B) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
C) a conversation between two or more persons
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 careful plan or method
D) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 21. Chronological
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) images that can be seen or that are imagined
  • 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 history of a person's life
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 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 repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
  • 25. Autobiography
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) 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) 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) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
C) events in a story
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) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
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) an explanation of something
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