6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
B) arranged according to the order of time
C) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) view about life and how people behave
  • 2. Metaphor
A) a careful plan or method
B) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
C) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
D) the repetition of a sound
  • 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 way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a passage quoted from a book
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 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) 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) a history of a person's life
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 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) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
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 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) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a history of a person's life
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 9. Point of view
A) a way of looking at or thinking about something
B) events in a story
C) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
D) guess or surmise
  • 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 collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
C) guess or surmise
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 12. Strategy
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) serving to describe
C) events in a story
D) a careful plan or method
  • 13. Revise
A) to look over again in order to correct or improve
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) a careful plan or method
  • 14. Introduction
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
C) the highest point
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 15. Biography
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a history of a person's life
C) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 16. Personification
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) 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")
  • 17. Plot
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 final decision reached by reasoning
D) events in a story
  • 18. Antagonist
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) a history of a person's life
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 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) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 20. Comparison
A) a continuous or connected series
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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
D) a careful plan or method
  • 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) a piece of writing that explains
D) images that can be seen or that are imagined
  • 22. Expository Text
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) a piece of writing that explains
  • 23. Sequence
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a continuous or connected series
D) view about life and how people behave
  • 24. Imagery
A) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
D) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
  • 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) 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 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) 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) 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) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
C) events in a story
D) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 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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