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6th Grade Language Arts 2009 - Quiz
Contributed by: LaFave
  • 1. Theme
A) arranged according to the order of time
B) images that can be seen or that are imagined
C) view about life and how people behave
D) naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds
  • 2. Metaphor
A) a careful plan or method
B) an object or idea used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them
C) the repetition of a sound
D) a figure of speech in which things are compared by the use of the word like or as
  • 3. Climax
A) the last part of something or a final result
B) events in a story
C) a history of a person's life
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 way of looking at or thinking about something
C) the chief character in a play
D) a passage quoted from a book
  • 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) 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) representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form
  • 6. Protagonist
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
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) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 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) a history of a person's life
B) arranged in or according to the order of time
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
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) events in a story
B) guess or surmise
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) the order in which things are or should be connected, related, or dated
  • 10. Conclusion
A) the point of highest dramatic interest or a major turning point in the action
B) the last part of something or a final result
C) change in the form of an adjective or an adverb
D) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
  • 11. Informational Text
A) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
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
D) guess or surmise
  • 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) 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) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
B) a set of several shots or scenes developing a single subject
C) the highest point
D) a final decision reached by reasoning
  • 15. Biography
A) a history of a person's life
B) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a biography written by the person it is about
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) 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) events in a story
  • 18. Antagonist
A) a history of a person's life
B) a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
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 list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
C) a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order
D) a conversation between two or more persons
  • 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 careful plan or method
D) a continuous or connected series
  • 21. Chronological
A) images that can be seen or that are imagined
B) the part of a book that leads up to and explains what will be found in the main part
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 piece of writing that explains
C) a biography written by the person it is about
D) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
  • 23. Sequence
A) a continuous or connected series
B) a final decision reached by reasoning
C) a way of looking at or thinking about something
D) view about life and how people behave
  • 24. Imagery
A) the chief character in a play, novel, or story
B) language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes
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 biography written by the person it is about
B) a history of a person's life
C) a list of writings about a subject or author or by an author
D) arranged in or according to the order of time
  • 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) to arrive at as a conclusion, guess, surmise, or imply
B) the art of making or employing plans or tricks to achieve a goal
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) the choice of words and the way they are combined that is characteristic of a language
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 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) 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) events in a story
C) an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
D) the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words
  • 30. Narrative Text
A) an explanation of something
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) expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term
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