6th Grade Quarter 1 Review

Question 1

ID Fig Lang: comparing two unlike things without using like or as

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 2

Which element of literature includes the major events and actions of a story?

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plot

Question 3

ID Author's Purpose: the author wants to give you information

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inform

Question 4

ID Author's Purpose: the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing

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entertain

Question 5

What happens in the exposition?

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the characters and setting are introduced

Question 6

What type of conflict takes place between the character and something outside of the character?

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external conflict

Question 7

Which type of character stays the same throughout a story?

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static character

Question 8

What sentence type contains a subject and a predicate; expresses a complete thought

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simple

Question 9

What is the subject of a sentence?

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who or what the sentence is about

Question 10

What is the main word in the complete predicate?

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simple predicate

Question 11

ID Author's Purpose: the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something

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persuade

Question 12

Which literary element tells the time and place of a story?

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setting

Question 13

ID Sentence Type: asks a question; ends in a question mark

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interrogative

Question 14

Which genre includes the story of a real person's life written by another person?

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biography

Question 15

What type of conflict is a struggle between a character and his feelings, conscience, or fear?

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man vs. self

Question 16

Which genre includes elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers?

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fantasy

Question 17

ID 6+1 Trait: the author's personal style in writing; including all of his/her feelings

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voice

Question 18

What is a predicate?

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What the subject is or does

Question 19

ID POV: narrator not character; knows thoughts/feelings of all other characters

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third person omniscient

Question 20

Which genre is a suspenseful story that is not solved until the end of the story?

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mystery

Question 21

Which genre includes made up stories?

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Fiction

Question 22

Which type of character changes throughout a story?

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dynamic character

Question 23

Which genre includes stories that are passed down from one group to another in history?

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traditional literature

Question 24

Which genre includes true stories that have facts that can be checked and proven?

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nonfiction

Question 25

ID Fig Lang: an exaggeration

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hyperbole

Question 26

Which genre includes fictional stories that take place in a particular time period in the past?

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historical fiction

Question 27

What sentence type contains two or more simple sentences that are joined by a FANBOYS conjunct.

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compound

Question 28

ID Sentence Type: makes a statement; punctuated with a period

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declarative

Question 29

ID 6+1 Trait: the internal structure of an essay; the logical pattern of ideas

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organization

Question 30

What plot element shows how the conflict unfolds; builds suspense?

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rising action

Question 31

ID POV: the narrator is a character in the story; uses pronouns like I, me, my, we, us

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first person

Question 32

What is a thesis statement?

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last sentence in intro paragraph; summarizes main points

Question 33

Which type of character does the reader know a lot about in a story?

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round character

Question 34

What includes all of the words in the predicate?

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complete predicate

Question 35

Which literary element is the message about life that the writer shares with the reader?

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theme

Question 36

What type of conflict is a struggle between a character and the laws or beliefs of a group?

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man vs. society

Question 37

What is a simple subject?

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the main word in the complete subject; noun or pronoun

Question 38

Which genre is a story using made-up characters that could happen in real life?

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realistic fiction

Question 39

Which element of plot is the moment of highest interest in the story; the OMG moment?

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climax

Question 40

What type of conflict is a struggle, mental or physical, between two characters?

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man vs. man

Question 41

What type of conflict takes place inside of a character's mind or heart?

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internal conflict

Question 42

What is a hook?

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first sentence in intro para that grabs reader's attention

Question 43

What includes all of the words in the subject; tells exactly who or what the sentence is about?

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complete subject

Question 44

ID Fig Lang: giving human characteristics to a non-human thing

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personification

Question 45

Which genre is a type of fantasy that uses science and technology?

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science fiction

Question 46

What type of conflict is a struggle between a character and mother nature?

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man vs. nature

Question 47

ID POV: the narrator is not a character, but knows thoughts/feelings of one or two characters

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third person limited

Question 48

Which type of character is a character in the story that the reader does not know a lot about?

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flat character

Question 49

Which genre includes texts that provide facts about a variety of topics?

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Informational texts

Question 50

What is the emotion a reader feels when reading a text?

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Mood

Question 51

ID 6+1 Trait: makes up the content of the piece of writing- the heart of the message

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ideas

Question 52

Which plot element includes when all loose ends are tied up/all conflicts are resolved?

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resolution

Question 53

ID Sentence Type: expresses great emotion or excitement; ends in an exclamation mark

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exclamatory

Question 54

ID Fig Lang: comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

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simile

Question 55

What is the attitude an author takes and expresses when writing a text?

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Tone

Question 56

Which genre includes the story of a real person's life that is written by that person?

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autobiography

Question 57

What happens in the falling action?

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the suspense is eased; conflicts start to be solved

Question 58

ID Sentence Type: makes a command or polite request; ends with a period or exclamation mar

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imperative

Question 59

What sentence type: contains a simple sentence and sentence fragment connected with a conjunct.

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complex

Question 60

Which genre includes verse written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader?

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poetry

6th Grade Quarter 1 Review

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6th Grade Quarter 1 Review

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