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6th Grade Language Arts 2009
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) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) the last part of something or a final result
C) events in a story
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 conversation between two or more persons
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 5. Alliteration
A) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
D) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 6. Protagonist
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 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 choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
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) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) guess or surmise
D) events in a story
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) the last part of something or a final result
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) 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
C) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) guess or surmise
  • 12. Strategy
A) events in a story
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) serving to describe
D) a careful plan or method
  • 13. Revise
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) a careful plan or method
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 14. Introduction
A) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
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
  • 15. Biography
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
C) a biography written by the person it is about
D) a history of a person's life
  • 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) 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) a final decision reached by reasoning
D) the highest point
  • 18. Antagonist
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) a history of a person's life
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
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 continuous or connected series
B) a careful plan or method
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) images that can be seen or that are imagined
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a history of a person's life
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) a biography written by the person it is about
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 23. Sequence
A) view about life and how people behave
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
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 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) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 25. Autobiography
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a biography written by the person it is about
C) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a history of a person's life
  • 26. Descriptive
A) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
B) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
C) a careful plan or method
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 27. Inference
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
  • 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 naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
D) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
  • 29. Idioms
A) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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) 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) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
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, placed in a particular order and recounted through either telling or writing
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