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6th Grade Language Arts 2009
Contributed by: LaFave
  • 1. Theme
A) arranged according to the order of time
B) view about life and how people behave
C) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
D) images that can be seen or that are imagined
  • 2. Metaphor
A) the repetition of a sound
B) a careful plan or method
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) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) a history of a person's life
C) the last part of something or a final result
D) events in a story
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a way of looking at or thinking about something
B) the chief character in a play
C) a passage quoted from a book
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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
C) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
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 history of a person's life
C) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
  • 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) 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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
  • 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) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 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 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) guess or surmise
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
  • 12. Strategy
A) events in a story
B) serving to describe
C) a careful plan or method
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) a conversation between two or more persons
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 14. Introduction
A) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) the highest point
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 15. Biography
A) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
B) a biography written by the person it is about
C) a history of a person's life
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 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) 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 naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
D) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
  • 17. Plot
A) the highest point
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) events in a story
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a history of a person's life
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 character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
  • 19. Quotation
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
D) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
  • 20. Comparison
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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
C) a careful plan or method
D) a continuous or connected series
  • 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) a piece of writing that explains
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) a biography written by the person it is about
C) a history of a person's life
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 23. Sequence
A) a way of looking at or thinking about something
B) view about life and how people behave
C) a final decision reached by reasoning
D) a continuous or connected series
  • 24. Imagery
A) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
B) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 25. Autobiography
A) a history of a person's life
B) a biography written by the person it is about
C) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 26. Descriptive
A) to look over again in order to correct or improve
B) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
C) a careful plan or method
D) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
  • 27. Inference
A) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
B) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
  • 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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
C) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
D) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
  • 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) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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
  • 30. Narrative Text
A) an explanation of something
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) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
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