6th Grade Language Arts 2009
  • 1. Theme
A) view about life and how people behave
B) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
C) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) arranged according to the order of time
  • 2. Metaphor
A) a careful plan or method
B) the repetition of a sound
C) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
D) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
  • 3. Climax
A) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) a history of a person's life
C) events in a story
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 4. Dialogue
A) the chief character in a play
B) a conversation between two or more persons
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) a passage quoted from a book
  • 5. Alliteration
A) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) a history of a person's life
D) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
  • 7. Simile
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) 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) 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 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) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
B) events in a story
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) guess or surmise
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
C) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 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) a careful plan or method
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) serving to describe
D) events in a story
  • 13. Revise
A) a careful plan or method
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 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) the highest point
D) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
  • 15. Biography
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a biography written by the person it is about
C) a history of a person's life
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) 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) 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
  • 17. Plot
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) events in a story
C) the highest point
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 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) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
B) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 20. Comparison
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 continuous or connected series
C) a careful plan or method
D) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb (as by having -er or -est
  • 21. Chronological
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) images that can be seen or that are imagined
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) a biography written by the person it is about
D) a history of a person's life
  • 23. Sequence
A) view about life and how people behave
B) a way of looking at or thinking about something
C) a continuous or connected series
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 24. Imagery
A) the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
B) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
C) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
D) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 25. Autobiography
A) a biography written by the person it is about
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
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 arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
B) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
C) a careful plan or method
D) to look over again in order to correct or improve
  • 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) 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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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) a figure of speech in which things different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 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) 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 repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 30. Narrative Text
A) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
B) an explanation of something
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) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
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