6th grade Reading Review

What is Alliteration?

• Words associated with sounds

• A phrase with a non-literal meaning

• The repitition of letters or letter sounds

• A phrase using "like" or "as"

What is Onomatopoeia?

• When a phrase has a non literal meaning

• Words associated with sounds

• When a phrase uses "like" or "as"

• When an object is given human characteristics

What Greek Root word means "Life?"

• Bio

• Geo

• Lit

• Eco

Which passage is by Pamela S. Turner?

• A Blessing

• Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

• Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog

• Predators

• My Life With the Chimpanzees

True or False: All the information in your brain is called your Schema.

• True

• False

True or False: Linda Hogan wrote the passage "A Blessing"

• True

• False

True or False: James Wright wrote the passage "Black Cowboy, Wild Horses"

• True

• False

True or False: A metaphor uses "like" or "as"

• True

• False

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers: What form of Figurative Language does this use?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

What is a Hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement

• A statement using "like" or "as"

• A phrase using a non-literal meaning

• When an object is given human characteristics