6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
B) images that can be seen or that are imagined
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) 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) the last part of something or a final result
C) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
D) a history of a person's life
  • 4. Dialogue
A) the chief character in a play
B) a passage quoted from a book
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 5. Alliteration
A) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
B) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
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 repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 6. Protagonist
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 7. Simile
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) 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) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
  • 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) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 9. Point of view
A) guess or surmise
B) events in a story
C) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 11. Informational Text
A) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
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) events in a story
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 13. Revise
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) a careful plan or method
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) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
D) the highest point
  • 15. Biography
A) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
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
  • 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) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
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 naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 17. Plot
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) the highest point
D) events in a story
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a history of a person's life
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
  • 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 list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 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 figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
D) a careful plan or method
  • 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) a piece of writing that explains
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 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) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a continuous or connected series
D) view about life and how people behave
  • 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) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 25. Autobiography
A) arranged in or according to the order of time
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
  • 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) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
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) 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) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
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) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 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) an explanation of something
D) 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
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