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6th Grade Language Arts 2009 - Quiz
Contributed by: LaFave
  • 1. Theme
A) images that can be seen or that are imagined
B) view about life and how people behave
C) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
D) arranged according to the order of time
  • 2. Metaphor
A) the repetition of a sound
B) a careful plan or method
C) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
D) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 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) 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) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
D) 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
  • 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) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a history of a person's life
  • 7. Simile
A) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
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 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
  • 8. Bibliography
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
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 history of a person's life
  • 9. Point of view
A) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
B) guess or surmise
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) events in a story
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the last part of something or a final result
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
D) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
  • 11. Informational Text
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
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) guess or surmise
  • 12. Strategy
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) events in a story
C) a careful plan or method
D) serving to describe
  • 13. Revise
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) a careful plan or method
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 14. Introduction
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) the highest point
C) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 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 list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a history of a person's life
  • 16. Personification
A) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
B) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 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) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) a history of a person's life
  • 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) 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 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) a piece of writing that explains
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 history of a person's life
B) a biography written by the person it is about
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 23. Sequence
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) view about life and how people behave
D) a continuous or connected series
  • 24. Imagery
A) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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 representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
  • 25. Autobiography
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a history of a person's life
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) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
D) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
  • 27. Inference
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
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) 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) 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) 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
B) an explanation of something
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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