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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) 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) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
B) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
C) a careful plan or method
D) the repetition of a sound
  • 3. Climax
A) a history of a person's life
B) events in a story
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) the chief character in a play
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) a passage quoted from a book
  • 5. Alliteration
A) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
D) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 6. Protagonist
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
C) a history of a person's life
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 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) 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 use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
  • 8. Bibliography
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a history of a person's life
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) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
  • 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 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 piece of writing that explains
B) a careful plan or method
C) events in a story
D) serving to describe
  • 13. Revise
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) a conversation between two or more persons
C) a careful plan or method
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 14. Introduction
A) the highest point
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) a final decision reached by reasoning
D) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
  • 15. Biography
A) a biography written by the person it is about
B) a history of a person's life
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
  • 16. Personification
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 naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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 figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
  • 17. Plot
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) the highest point
C) events in a story
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) a history of a person's life
  • 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 careful plan or method
B) a continuous or connected series
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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
  • 21. Chronological
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) images that can be seen or that are imagined
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 piece of writing that explains
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a history of a person's life
  • 23. Sequence
A) a continuous or connected series
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) view about life and how people behave
  • 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 biography written by the person it is about
B) a history of a person's life
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 26. Descriptive
A) to look over again in order to correct or improve
B) a careful plan or method
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) 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
B) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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 figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
  • 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) events in a story
D) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 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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