end of year 6th Grade Review

Directly comparing one event or image to another one.

A form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—to evoke meanings

The act of solving or ending a problem or difficulty in a story.

Antagonists and Protagonists are both types of...

Hints at the ending of or at an upcoming event a story without fully divulging it...

_____ is the message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

An indirect comparison...

Used to indicate the opposite meaning or intention...

Typically a scene takes place in a specific context (time and place). This is referred to as...

“Two toucans tying ties, turtles tasting tea, and tigers trying trousers”...

The musical quality created by the alternation of stressed an unstressed syllables in a verse

The writer's position on an issue or problem...

Most important/exciting point in a story/ situation, especially when this happens near the end.

Theme is used to describe the unifying idea or subject of the story. Suggests a universal truth

A story includes events that lead toward some sort of conflict and resolution. They are called:

... when the author refers to the events or characters from another story in his/her own story

A word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning or spelling.

A group of words or a sentence that forms one section of a poem or song is called: ________

The ending of a story is called the....

This type of literature is true and based on fact.

A ____________ is a group of lines or verses of poetry forming a unit.

Narrative: the way a story is told. From the point of view of a character or an outsider.

Who wrote The Watsons Go to Birmingham?

“Mew, mew says the cat, grunt, grunt, goes the hog, and squeak goes the rat”...

What literary term is this? "I was as cold as an ice cube!"