6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) view about life and how people behave
B) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
C) arranged according to the order of time
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) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) a history of a person's life
C) events in a story
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a passage quoted from a book
B) the chief character in a play
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 5. Alliteration
A) 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
B) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
C) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
D) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 6. Protagonist
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) a history of a person's life
  • 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) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
C) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
D) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 8. Bibliography
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a history of a person's life
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
  • 9. Point of view
A) guess or surmise
B) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
C) events in a story
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the last part of something or a final result
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 part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 11. Informational 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
C) guess or surmise
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) a piece of writing that explains
D) serving to describe
  • 13. Revise
A) to look over again in order to correct or improve
B) a careful plan or method
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 14. Introduction
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
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) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
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 naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 17. Plot
A) events in a story
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) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a history of a person's life
B) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
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) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
B) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
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) a continuous or connected series
  • 21. Chronological
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a history of a person's life
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 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) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
C) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
D) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 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) a biography written by the person it is about
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 26. Descriptive
A) a careful plan or method
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
D) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
  • 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) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
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 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) 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) 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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