6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 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) a careful plan or method
B) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
C) the repetition of a sound
D) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
  • 3. Climax
A) the last part of something or a final result
B) events in a story
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 passage quoted from a book
B) a conversation between two or more persons
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) the chief character in a play
  • 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 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) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
  • 6. Protagonist
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
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) 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 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
  • 8. Bibliography
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
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
  • 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 type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) guess or surmise
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) a piece of writing that explains
D) serving to describe
  • 13. Revise
A) to look over again in order to correct or improve
B) a conversation between two or more persons
C) a careful plan or method
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 14. Introduction
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) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
  • 15. Biography
A) a history of a person's life
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a biography written by the person it is about
D) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
  • 16. Personification
A) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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) 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) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) events in a story
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) the highest point
  • 18. Antagonist
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) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 19. Quotation
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a conversation between two or more persons
C) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
D) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
  • 20. Comparison
A) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
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) a continuous or connected series
D) a careful plan or method
  • 21. Chronological
A) a piece of writing that explains
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) images that can be seen or that are imagined
  • 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 continuous or connected series
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) view about life and how people behave
  • 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 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) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) a history of a person's life
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 26. Descriptive
A) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
B) a careful plan or method
C) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 27. Inference
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
C) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
D) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
  • 28. Onomatopoeia
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) 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")
  • 29. Idioms
A) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) events in a story
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) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
  • 30. Narrative Text
A) an explanation of something
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, placed in a particular order and recounted through either telling or writing
D) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
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