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Worksheets6th Grade ELA Year End Review
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of poem is this?
a)
Lyrical
b)
Free Verse
2.
What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem?
a)
rhyme scheme
b)
rhythm
c)
repetition
d)
rhyme
3.
What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?
a)
stanza
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
optical illusion
d)
imagery
4.
What are words that imitate sounds?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
synonyms
5.
Poetry without a set rhyme scheme or rhythm
a)
Quatrain
b)
Couplet
c)
Free Verse
d)
Ballad
6.
Choose the best alliteration definition:
a)
The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
c)
The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.
7.
Which of these lines from Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” contains alliteration?
a)
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
b)
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door
c)
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
8.
Which is not an example of alliteration?
a)
Kims kid kept kicking
b)
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
c)
He was as cold as an iceberg
9.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Define "rhyme."
a)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
b)
The repetition of a letter.
c)
The repetition of an ending sound.
11.
In poetry, what is "meter" ?
a)
Words that sound the same
b)
Sophisticated vocabulary
c)
The pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables
d)
The length of a poem
12.
What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyberbole
13.
What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
14.
What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
15.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
16.
What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhyme
17.
To pace yourself when reading poetry, it is important to take note of punctuation to help choose your intonation. What might "intonation" means?
a)
Your attitude
b)
The atmosphere
c)
The tone/pitch of your voice
d)
Your feeling
18.
Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.
a)
tone and place
b)
time and place
c)
tone and plot
d)
time and plot
19.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
20.
What is the "mood" of a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
21.
Why is the setting important in a story?
a)
It tells us the end.
b)
It tells us about the conflict.
c)
It helps us be a part of the story.
d)
Its not important
22.
Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap. Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks. Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically. The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made. Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door. He held his head down low.
Which of the following choices is evidence that the setting is a library?
Which of the following choices is evidence that the setting is a library?
a)
He held his head down low.
b)
Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap
c)
Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically.
d)
The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.
23.
"Folks were prickly and fearful. Loyalist shopkeepers had been tarred and feathered by angry mobs and their shops destroyed. Each day dawned hotter than the one before" (106).
What is the mood of the passage?
What is the mood of the passage?
a)
romantic
b)
sorrowful
c)
joyful
d)
suspenseful
24.
Which word accurately describes the son's tone in the following dialogue?
Father: We are going to Disney World!
Son: Yay!!!!
Father: We are going to Disney World!
Son: Yay!!!!
a)
irritated
b)
annoyed
c)
uninterested
d)
ecstatic
25.
Today was Wendell's birthday. He barely slept last night. He jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to the smell of pancakes cooking.
What would Wendell's mood be on his birthday?
What would Wendell's mood be on his birthday?
a)
Crazy
b)
Fearful
c)
Distant
d)
Excited
26.
What is an Inference
(Infer)
(Infer)
a)
A story
b)
A Logical Guess
c)
The fighting in a story
d)
The atmosohere of a story
27.
Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SOUND?
a)
quiet, ringing, barking
b)
moist, sharp, cold
c)
salty, sweet, bitter
d)
earthy, fruity, minty
28.
Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of TOUCH?
a)
rough, sharp, slippery
b)
buzzing, gasping, barking
c)
tangled, furry, bright
d)
thunderous, whispery, muted
29.
Which setting description is the most detailed?
a)
The prince exited his castle and immediately tasted the salty sea breeze. Blue ocean waves crashed on the weathered rocks at the bottom of the smooth, grassy hill
b)
A man opened his front door and saw the ocean at the bottom of a hill.
c)
Someone stood by the water.
30.
The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?
What object is being personified in the sentence?
a)
Clouds
b)
Winked
c)
Say
d)
Moon
31.
"The lumberjack leveled many trees that day as his chainsaw sang its deadly song."
What is being personified?
What is being personified?
a)
The lumberjack
b)
The trees
c)
The chainsaw
d)
The song
32.
"As Campbell twirled, her headband angrily slapped Mrs. Brennan across the face."
What human characteristic is being given?
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Twirling
b)
Dancing
c)
Flying
d)
Slapping
33.
'The run down house appeared depressed and out of sorts.' What human quality/trait is being demonstrated in the sentence?
a)
House
b)
Depression
c)
Happiness
d)
Loneliness
34.
True or False: Personal narratives focus on one event that has happened in a person's life.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
True or False: Personal narratives have to be true!
a)
True
b)
False
36.
True or False: Personal narratives can be fiction.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Fill in the Blank: The root "-ed" makes a verb ___________.
a)
Present Tense
b)
Future Tense
c)
Past Tense
d)
Future Present Perfect Tense
38.
Definition of: -auto
a)
same
b)
against
c)
self
d)
great
39.
An autobiography is a story written about another person
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Again they searched meticulously, but no keys. Where could they be? They've looked EVERYWHERE! If you did something meticulously, you would be-
a)
feeling silly.
b)
working very carefully.
c)
trying to finish quickly.
d)
trying to find something.
41.
Tanya loved her dad, but she wondered why she was so organized when he was so haphazard. A person who is haphazard is-
a)
lost
b)
lovable
c)
worried
d)
disorganized
42.
Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?
a)
can you help me
b)
her father walked in
c)
sounding annoyed, too
d)
relaxing with a magazine
43.
Luis was adamant and insisted, "But Mom said she was preparing dinner tonight!" The word that best defines adamant is-
a)
happy
b)
unsure
c)
nervous
d)
stubborn
44.
In late 2006, apiarists in the U.S. began reporting that their honey bees were dying. Some of these beekeepers lost 90 percent of their hives. What is the best definition of apiarists?
a)
hives
b)
problems
c)
honeybees
d)
beekeepers
45.
Based on context clues in the passage below, trifle means ______________.
Her cat was dying, and she worried about a trifle like her torn dress!
Her cat was dying, and she worried about a trifle like her torn dress!
a)
Little
b)
Giant
c)
Everything
d)
Hopeful
46.
The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean?
What does garrulous mean?
a)
Quiet
b)
Secretive
c)
talkative
d)
Exhausted
47.
The conspicuous man wore a purple wig and large sunglasses.
a)
easily noticed
b)
beautiful
c)
sleeping
48.
I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.
a)
hungry
b)
thirsty
c)
sleepy
49.
Dan did not enjoy his job as a dishwasher. It was monotonous work, doing the same thing over and over
a)
inspiring
b)
disgusting
c)
boring
d)
dangerous
50.
Which is the correct meaning of the word spring in this sentence?
A spring popped through the mattress.
A spring popped through the mattress.
a)
To move upward or forward in a single quick motion.
b)
The season of new growth.
c)
A small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth.
d)
An elastic coil of metal.
51.
What is the author's message to the reader?
a)
theme
b)
main idea
c)
summary
d)
stanza
52.
WHAT IS THE REASON AN AUTHOR WRITES?
a)
AUDIENCE
b)
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
c)
TEXT STRUCTURE
d)
TONE
53.
WHAT IS WRITING WITH THE INTENT TO CHANGE THE READER'S MIND ?
a)
EXPOSITORY
b)
PERSUASIVE
c)
INFORMATIVE
d)
NONFICTION
54.
WHAT IS WRITING THAT IS TRUE?
a)
NONFICTION
b)
FICTION
55.
What is main idea?
a)
The author's purpose
b)
The moral lesson of the story
c)
What the story is mostly about
d)
The supporting details in a story
56.
Conversation between two characters is called...
a)
A monologue
b)
A discussion
c)
A dialogue
d)
A quotation
57.
Rubin dug frantically through his backpack. It has to be here, he thought. How many times had his mother told him not to take his iPod to school. He searched his locker again without much hope. He knew he was in trouble. What inference can you make about Rubin?
a)
He is looking for his homework
b)
He is looking for his iPod
c)
He often gets in trouble
d)
He is looking for his lunch
58.
I cant wait to go outside I will have so much fun the later I will go to the park
a)
second person
b)
third person
c)
third person
d)
first person
59.
Context Clues
What are context clues?
What are context clues?
a)
Things around you that help you solve a crime.
b)
A type of reading that gives you clues about the main idea.
c)
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult word or term.
d)
The definition of vocabulary words in the margin of the page.
60.
Find the central idea
Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business
Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business
a)
Being a clown isn't all fun and games.
b)
Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.
c)
Rodeos are exciting.
d)
Clowns are good at riding bulls.
61.
Because lambs are sometimes eaten by coyotes, ranchers may hunt or trap the coyotes. However, killing coyotes may upset nature's balance. Scientists have found a way to protect sheep without killing coyotes. Coyotes are fed lamb meat treated with a drug. When they eat the meat, they get sick. Later, coyotes won't even go near lambs. They'll hunt rabbits instead.
This story mainly tells.....
a)
Coyotes prefer rabbits to lambs.
b)
Killing coyotes upsets nature's balance.
c)
Scientists are trying to protect sheep and coyotes.
62.
Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9,000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.
What does the author want you to learn about the passage?
a)
Why we can taste only sweet things.
b)
that we taste through our nose
c)
Taste buds are found in different places.
63.
Were you born after 1985? If so, how long do you expect to live? most people born after 1985 can expect to live more than 70 years. Of course, this is just a guess based on past records.
What is this passage mostly about?
What is this passage mostly about?
a)
why people live to be 70
b)
how long your might expect to live
c)
past records give you information
64.
Most people think that gorillas are mean, but actually they are shy. It seems that such a huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. Hollywood movies help convey this image of the scary, ferocious gorilla. In fact, gorillas only attack if they are provoked.
This author belives that:
This author belives that:
a)
Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.
b)
Gorillas are mean animals
c)
Gorillas don't like other animals.
65.
Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting.
This passage is mainly about?
This passage is mainly about?
a)
who uses pemmican today
b)
what can be put into pemmican
c)
how pemmican was made by Native Americans
66.
"Are you already done?" his father asked. "It seems like you just got in the water." Jacob was finished with his bath in two minutes. He got his body and hair wet, rubbed shampoo on his hair, washed his body with soap, and rinsed off. He liked fast baths so to have more time to play. In fact, Jacob never took a long bath. To him, the faster the bath, the better.
What is the central idea of the passage?
What is the central idea of the passage?
a)
Jacob is very clean
b)
Jacob never too showers
c)
Jacob likes to take fast baths
67.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
His mom's shoes are expensive.
b)
His mom's shoe's are expensive.
c)
His moms shoe's is expensive.
d)
His moms shoes is expensive.
68.
Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
a)
It is Mary's sons ball.
b)
It's Marys son's ball.
c)
Its Mary's son's ball
d)
It is Mary's son's ball.
69.
__ a nice day.
a)
Its
b)
It's
70.
__ a fine bunch of pups.
a)
They're
b)
Their
c)
There
71.
__ you sad to see him leave?
a)
We're
b)
Were
c)
Where
72.
I'm going to __ my nicest gown.
a)
where
b)
ware
c)
wear
73.
__ too nice!
a)
Your
b)
You're
74.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Jim is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
b)
Jim is very bold and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
c)
Jim, is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
d)
Jim is very bold, and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
75.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Jim is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
b)
Jim is very bold and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
c)
Jim, is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
d)
Jim is very bold, and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people.
76.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
I went to the store and bought apples, oranges and bananas.
b)
I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and, bananas.
c)
I went to the store, and bought apples oranges and bananas.
d)
I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and bananas.
77.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.
b)
Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do.
c)
Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do.
d)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do.
78.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Our apartment walls, are very thin so we can hear our neighbors talking.
b)
Our, apartment walls, are very thin so we can hear our neighbors talking.
c)
Our apartment walls are very thin, so we can hear our neighbors talking.
d)
Our apartment walls are very, thin so we can hear our neighbors talking.
79.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.
b)
Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.
c)
Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.
d)
Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me.
80.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
As, I rode my bike down the street I saw my friend riding her scooter.
b)
As I rode my bike down the street I saw, my friend riding her scooter.
c)
As I rode my bike down the street, I saw my friend riding her scooter.
d)
As I rode my bike, down the street, I saw my friend riding her scooter.
81.
Identify the verb phrase: The house was purchased by the family.
a)
was purchased
b)
purchased
c)
was purchased by
d)
by the family
82.
What tense is the verb in?: The singers perform outdoors.
a)
Present Tense
b)
Present Perfect
c)
Past Tense
d)
Future Tense
83.
What tense is the verb in?: The band has played two songs.
a)
Present Tense
b)
Past Perfect
c)
Present Perfect
d)
Future Tense
84.
What word is both singular and plural?
a)
deer
b)
cow
c)
pickle
d)
horse
85.
An adjective modifies or describes a ?
a)
verb
b)
adverb
c)
noun or pronoun
d)
noun
86.
Use a before singular nouns or adjectives that start with what sound?
a)
consonant
b)
vowel
87.
Use an before singular nouns or adjectives that start with what sound?
a)
vowel
b)
consonant
88.
Pronouns are used in place of ?
a)
adverbs
b)
adjectives
c)
verbs
d)
nouns
89.
Which of the following is the ADVERB in this sentence?
The Phillies game was especially exciting, and everybody was thrilled.
The Phillies game was especially exciting, and everybody was thrilled.
a)
thrilled
b)
exciting
c)
especially
d)
exciting
90.
Which sentence BEST combines the sentences into one?
Anthony worked hard. He painted an ocean sunset. It was beautiful. Then he added a boat and seagulls.
Anthony worked hard. He painted an ocean sunset. It was beautiful. Then he added a boat and seagulls.
a)
Anthony, who painted a sunset, worked hard and then added a boat and seagulls.
b)
Anthony worked hard to paint a beautiful ocean sunset and to which he added a boat and seagulls.
c)
Anthony worked hard to paint a beautiful ocean sunset with a boat and seagulls.
d)
Anthony painted a beautiful ocean sunset with a boat and seagulls; he worked hard.
91.
Certain words in the following sentence are used incorrectly. Which changes should be made?
Leo is known as a well student because he does his work good.
Leo is known as a well student because he does his work good.
a)
Change WELL to GOOD; change GOOD to WELL.
b)
Change IS to ARE; change CONSIDERED to CONSIDER
c)
Change STUDENT to STUDENTS; change BECAUSE to LATER
d)
Change HE to HIM; change HIM to HE
92.
Which punctuation mark or marks is needed in the following sentence?
Our ultimate frisbee coach Mr. Chou who is also teacher won Teacher of the Year in 2011.
Our ultimate frisbee coach Mr. Chou who is also teacher won Teacher of the Year in 2011.
a)
"
b)
!
c)
,
d)
?
93.
Alex got an A on her math test; this gave her a really ______ feeling.
a)
Good
b)
Well
94.
He doesn't trust (anybody, nobody).
a)
anybody
b)
nobody
95.
I have not (ever, never) been to Japan.
a)
ever
b)
never
96.
I couldn't see_________.
a)
nothing.
b)
anything.
97.
How many words in the following sentence should be capitalized? "A few days ago, my mother told my father, "i'm taking phillip to frankfurt, kentucky."
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
98.
Identify the capitalization error in the following information:
Stone Magnet Middle School
1101 E. University blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
Stone Magnet Middle School
1101 E. University blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
a)
E.
b)
University
c)
blvd.
d)
at
99.
Which of these needs to be capitalized?
a)
texas
b)
lobster
c)
television
d)
starship
100.
Which of the sentences is written correctly?
a)
Fred is not british.
b)
That food has got to be Italian.
c)
Bill is from mexico.
d)
Most mexican food is spicy.
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