6th Grade Language Arts 2009 - Quiz
  • 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) the repetition of a sound
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) a careful plan or method
  • 3. Climax
A) the last part of something or a final result
B) a history of a person's life
C) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
D) events in a story
  • 4. Dialogue
A) the chief character in a play
B) a passage quoted from a book
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 5. Alliteration
A) 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
B) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
C) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
D) the repetition on a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 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) the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (as for poetic effect)
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 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) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) a history of a person's life
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 9. Point of view
A) events in a story
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) guess or surmise
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
C) the last part of something or a final result
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 11. Informational Text
A) guess or surmise
B) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
  • 12. Strategy
A) a piece of writing that explains
B) events in a story
C) a careful plan or method
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 part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
C) the highest point
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 15. Biography
A) Informational text is a type of nonfiction that conveys information about the natural or social world
B) a history of a person's life
C) a biography written by the person it is about
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 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) 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) the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds (as "buzz" or "hiss")
  • 17. Plot
A) the highest point
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) events in a story
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
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
  • 19. Quotation
A) something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a conversation between two or more persons
D) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
  • 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) a piece of writing that explains
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) 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) view about life and how people behave
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) a continuous or connected series
  • 24. Imagery
A) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
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) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) arranged in or according to the order of time
D) a history of a person's life
  • 26. Descriptive
A) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply.
B) to look over again in order to correct or improve
C) a careful plan or method
D) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
  • 27. Inference
A) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
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) 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) A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics
D) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
  • 29. Idioms
A) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
B) events in a story
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) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
  • 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 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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