6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) arranged according to the order of time
B) view about life and how people behave
C) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
  • 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) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
C) events in a story
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) a history of a person's life
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
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 things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
C) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
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 history of a person's life
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 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 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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
D) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
  • 11. Informational Text
A) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
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) guess or surmise
  • 12. Strategy
A) events in a story
B) a careful plan or method
C) serving to describe
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 13. Revise
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) a careful plan or method
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 14. Introduction
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) the highest point
C) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 15. Biography
A) a history of a person's life
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 list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 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 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 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 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) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
C) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 20. Comparison
A) a careful plan or method
B) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
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 continuous or connected series
  • 21. Chronological
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) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a history of a person's life
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 piece of writing that explains
  • 23. Sequence
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) a continuous or connected series
C) view about life and how people behave
D) a way of looking at or thinking about something
  • 24. Imagery
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
C) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
D) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
  • 25. Autobiography
A) arranged in or according to the order of time
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
  • 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) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
D) a careful plan or method
  • 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) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 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 naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
C) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
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) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
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) 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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