6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
B) arranged according to the order of time
C) view about life and how people behave
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) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
D) a careful plan or method
  • 3. Climax
A) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) events in a story
C) a history of a person's life
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 4. Dialogue
A) the chief character in a play
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a passage quoted from a book
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 5. Alliteration
A) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) 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
C) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
D) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 6. Protagonist
A) arranged in or according to the order of time
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 history of a person's life
  • 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 choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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) 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) guess or surmise
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) events in a story
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
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
  • 11. Informational Text
A) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
B) guess or surmise
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) a careful plan or method
B) events in a story
C) serving to describe
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 13. Revise
A) a careful plan or method
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) to look over again in order to correct or improve
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 14. Introduction
A) the highest point
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 15. Biography
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) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) a history of a person's life
  • 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) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) the highest point
D) events in a story
  • 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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
B) a careful plan or method
C) a continuous or connected series
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) images that can be seen or that are imagined
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 piece of writing that explains
  • 22. Expository Text
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) a piece of writing that explains
D) a history of a person's life
  • 23. Sequence
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) view about life and how people behave
C) a continuous or connected series
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) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
D) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
  • 25. Autobiography
A) a history of a person's life
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
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 arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
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 part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
  • 28. Onomatopoeia
A) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
B) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
C) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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) 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) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
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) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
D) an explanation of something
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