6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) arranged according to the order of time
B) view about life and how people behave
C) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
D) images that can be seen or that are imagined
  • 2. Metaphor
A) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
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) a careful plan or method
  • 3. Climax
A) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) events in a story
C) a history of a person's life
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
B) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) a history of a person's life
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 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) a history of a person's life
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) arranged in or according to the order of time
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) 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 part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) the last part of something or a final result
C) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
D) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
  • 11. Informational Text
A) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
B) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) guess or surmise
  • 12. Strategy
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) events in a story
C) serving to describe
D) a careful plan or method
  • 13. Revise
A) a careful plan or method
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 14. Introduction
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
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) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
  • 16. Personification
A) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
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 naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 17. Plot
A) events in a story
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) the highest point
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a history of a person's life
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 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) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
B) a continuous or connected series
C) a careful plan or method
D) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 21. Chronological
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) images that can be seen or that are imagined
C) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a piece of writing that explains
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a history of a person's life
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 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) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
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) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) a biography written by the person it is about
D) a history of a person's life
  • 26. Descriptive
A) a careful plan or method
B) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
C) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
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) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
  • 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 choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
B) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
C) events in a story
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) 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
B) an explanation of something
C) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
D) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
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