6th Grade ELA Review

Front

What is personification?

Back

A type of figurative language where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Front

What is an example of man vs. nature conflict?

Back

A dust storm affecting a person's life.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

What does it mean if a word has a negative connotation?

Back

It suggests a negative or undesirable quality.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

What is an author's claim?

Back

A statement that the author believes is true and supports it in their writing.

Front

What is the definition of setting in a story?

Back

The time and place where the story occurs.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Front

What is the theme of a text?

Back

The central idea or message that the author wants to convey.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Front

What is the difference between a protagonist and an antagonist?

Back

The protagonist is the main character, while the antagonist opposes the protagonist.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D