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