6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) images that can be seen or that are imagined
B) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
C) arranged according to the order of time
D) view about life and how people behave
  • 2. Metaphor
A) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
B) a careful plan or method
C) the repetition of a sound
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) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
D) events in a story
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a passage quoted from a book
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) the chief character in a play
  • 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) 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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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 use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
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) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 9. Point of view
A) a way of looking at or thinking about something
B) guess or surmise
C) events in a story
D) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
  • 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) a careful plan or method
B) serving to describe
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) events in a story
  • 13. Revise
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) a careful plan or method
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 14. Introduction
A) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) a final decision reached by reasoning
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) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
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 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 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) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) events in a story
C) the highest point
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a history of a person's life
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
B) a careful plan or method
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) a piece of writing that explains
B) images that can be seen or that are imagined
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
  • 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 biography written by the person it is about
D) a history of a person's life
  • 23. Sequence
A) a continuous or connected series
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
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 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 repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 25. Autobiography
A) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) a history of a person's life
C) a biography written by the person it is about
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 26. Descriptive
A) to look over again in order to correct or improve
B) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
C) a careful plan or method
D) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
  • 27. Inference
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
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) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
  • 28. Onomatopoeia
A) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
B) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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")
  • 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 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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