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6th Grade Language Arts 2009
Contributed by: LaFave
  • 1. Theme
A) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
B) view about life and how people behave
C) arranged according to the order of time
D) images that can be seen or that are imagined
  • 2. Metaphor
A) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
B) a careful plan or method
C) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
D) the repetition of a sound
  • 3. Climax
A) events in a story
B) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
C) a history of a person's life
D) the last part of something or a final result
  • 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) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
C) 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
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
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) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
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 list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a history of a person's life
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) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) events in a story
  • 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) 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) guess or surmise
B) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
C) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 12. Strategy
A) events in a story
B) a careful plan or method
C) a piece of writing that explains
D) serving to describe
  • 13. Revise
A) a conversation between two or more persons
B) a careful plan or method
C) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
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) the highest point
D) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
  • 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 list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a biography written by the person it is about
  • 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
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 where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
  • 17. Plot
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) the highest point
D) events in a story
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
B) a history of a person's life
C) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
D) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
  • 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) a conversation between two or more persons
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 careful plan or method
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) images that can be seen or that are imagined
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) a piece of writing that explains
  • 22. Expository Text
A) a biography written by the person it is about
B) a piece of writing that explains
C) a history of a person's life
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 23. Sequence
A) a final decision reached by reasoning
B) view about life and how people behave
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) a continuous or connected series
  • 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) 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 look over again in order to correct or improve
B) a careful plan or method
C) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
D) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
  • 27. Inference
A) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
B) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
C) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
D) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
  • 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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
D) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
  • 29. Idioms
A) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
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) events in a story
  • 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) 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) an explanation of something
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