6th grade ELA Test Prep Review

A person, object or action that represents something else

Words with repeated beginning sounds (ex: sally sells seashells)

A character who changes during the story

The comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

Genre with informational facts

The narrator is NOT in the story and knows EVERYONE'S thoughts and feelings

A category or type of literature (fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, etc)

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

Mrs. Upton's students will try their best on the test!

In favor of or against one thing unfairly

A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a story

Identify the verb(s): I ran like the wind today.

What type of conflict? Suzy is sooo nervous about asking out David to the dance.

The writer's attitude toward the subject they're writing about

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

When the author gives clues and hints as to what might happen later in the story

Which type of conflict is this? Another classmate is spreading rumors about you.

A speaker or character who tells a story

The turning point or high point in a story

Time and place of a story

A conversation between characters

What is another word for PERSUADE?

Identify the adjective: No one wanted to live by the smelly landfill.

Which type of conflict is this? I went skiing and there was an avalanche. 

The narrator is NOT in the story and only knows ONE person's thoughts and feelings

The overall atmosphere of a literary work (how the reader feels)

The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

A character who stays the same during the story

Which type of conflict is this? Sam got arrested for stealing a car.

Struggle between opposing forces

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

Story with magic and things that wouldn't exist in today's world.

The use of words to imitate sounds (bang, pow, pop...)

When an author interrupts the present moment to tell what happened in the past

The narrator is in the story and uses words like I, ME, MINE, WE, US

The sequence of events in a literary work

Identify the nouns: Mrs. Bamer is our school secretary.

A story that takes place in the future and has scientific advances in technology

The message or moral in a story

Which type of conflict is this? The Batman tries to capture or kill the Joker.

Adjectives? An old and overweight dog sat under the bright sun.

Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

Identify the verb: I ate a taco yesterday.

A well-developed character- you know a lot about them