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6th Grade Language Arts 2009
Contributed by: LaFave
  • 1. Theme
A) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
B) view about life and how people behave
C) arranged according to the order of time
D) images that can be seen or that are imagined
  • 2. Metaphor
A) a careful plan or method
B) the repetition of a sound
C) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
D) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
  • 3. Climax
A) events in a story
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) a history of a person's life
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a way of looking at or thinking about something
B) a conversation between two or more persons
C) a passage quoted from a book
D) the chief character in a play
  • 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
C) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
D) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
  • 6. Protagonist
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) a history of a person's life
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 a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
C) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) a history of a person's life
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 9. Point of view
A) events in a story
B) guess or surmise
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 last part of something or a final result
B) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
C) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 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) serving to describe
B) a careful plan or method
C) events in a story
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 13. Revise
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) a careful plan or method
C) to look over again in order to correct or improve
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 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 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 list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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) events in a story
B) the highest point
C) a final decision reached by reasoning
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 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) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 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 figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
C) a continuous or connected series
D) a careful plan or method
  • 21. Chronological
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) images that can be seen or that are imagined
  • 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 way of looking at or thinking about something
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
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) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 26. Descriptive
A) a careful plan or method
B) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
C) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
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) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
C) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
D) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
  • 28. Onomatopoeia
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) 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) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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) an explanation of something
B) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
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) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
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