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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) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) arranged according to the order of time
  • 2. Metaphor
A) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
B) the repetition of a sound
C) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
D) a careful plan or method
  • 3. Climax
A) events in a story
B) the last part of something or a final result
C) a history of a person's life
D) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
  • 4. Dialogue
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a passage quoted from a book
D) the chief character in a play
  • 5. Alliteration
A) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
B) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) 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
D) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 6. Protagonist
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) a history of a person's life
  • 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) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a history of a person's life
  • 9. Point of view
A) guess or surmise
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
D) events in a story
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
  • 11. Informational Text
A) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
B) guess or surmise
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) a careful plan or method
B) events in a story
C) serving to describe
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 13. Revise
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) a careful plan or method
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
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) 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
  • 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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 where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
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) the highest point
B) events in a story
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 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 collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
  • 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) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) a history of a person's life
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) a way of looking at or thinking about something
B) a continuous or connected series
C) a final decision reached by reasoning
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 list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a history of a person's life
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 26. Descriptive
A) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) a careful plan or method
D) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
  • 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) 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 things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
D) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
  • 29. Idioms
A) events in a story
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) 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) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
B) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
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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