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