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End of the Year ELA 6 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is main idea?

a)

An important detail from the story

b)

The life lesson that you learn

c)

What the text is mostly about

d)

Your opinion about the text

2.

What does it mean to cite textual evidence?

a)

Use the text to write a question

b)

Make an inference about the text

c)

Make a prediction about what will happen next

d)

Use part of the text to support your answer

3.

WHICH FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS USED?


Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

4.

WHICH FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS USED?


Betty Botter bought some butter.

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

imagery

5.

"I have a million things to do!" is an example of an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. The term used to describe this is called a _________________________ .

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

d)

hyperbole

6.

WHICH PLOT ELEMENT IS THIS?


"Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a girl named Cinderella. She lived with her evil step-mother and two evil step-sisters.

a)

Rising Action

b)

Falling Action

c)

Exposition

d)

Climax

7.

True or False: The "Resolution" is when all loose ends are tied up.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The problem in a story is the _________________

a)

Narrative

b)

Setting

c)

Conflict

d)

Resolution

9.

You will find the exposition at the ______________ of a story

a)

Middle

b)

End

c)

Beginning

10.

True or False: The narrator is the person who is telling the story.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Stories told in the "first-person" narrative perspective use these pronouns. Select one answer.

a)

you, your

b)

he, she, her, they, them

c)

I, me, my, mine, we, us, ours

12.

"Lisa," said Kyle, "I need help moving this box of toys for the garage sale. Will you help me?"


THIS SENTENCE IS AN EXAMPLE OF CHARACTERS USING ___________________________.

a)

Drama

b)

Exposition

c)

Dialogue

13.

"Lisa," said Kyle, "I need help moving this box of toys for the garage sale. Will you help me?"


THIS SENTENCE IS AN EXAMPLE OF CHARACTERS USING ___________________________.

a)

Drama

b)

Exposition

c)

Dialogue

14.

The opposite of a fiction book is

a)

non fiction

b)

true

c)

false

d)

non true

15.

What is a claim?

a)

The opposing viewpoint

b)

Facts and statistics to support ideas

c)

The writer’s position that they are trying to prove

d)

Connects evidence to the claim

16.

What is information used to back up and support your answer?

a)

Hook

b)

Argument

c)

Claim

d)

Evidence

17.
What is true of the introductory paragraph? 
a)
ends with the thesis
b)
introduces the big idea of the essay
c)
starts with a hook
d)
all of these
18.
Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?
a)
using your own words
b)
summary being shorter than the text
c)
quotes words from the text
d)
including main ideas only
19.
A summary does what?
a)
nothing
b)
tells an opinion
c)
makes an educated guess
d)
is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points
20.
In the SWBST (somebody wanted but so then) strategy, what word tells you who the main character is? 
a)
Somebody
b)
Wanted
c)
Bus
d)
So
21.
In the SWBST (somebody wanted but so then) strategy, what word tells you about the problem in the story? 
a)
Somebody
b)
Wanted
c)
But
d)
So
22.

What is theme?

a)

message about life that the author expresses

b)

the time, location, and mood of a story

c)

sequence of events

d)

the main events

23.

Which is an example of theme?

a)

One person can make a difference.

b)

Missy knew she would always be grateful.

c)

The donkey was stubborn and did not change.

d)

Sir John became famous for slaying the dragon.

24.
What is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words?
a)
Repetition 
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Rhyme 
25.
What is the use of words that imitate sounds? (Crash, bang, hiss, splat)
a)
Sensory Language 
b)
Hyperbole 
c)
Figurative Language 
d)
Onomatopoeia 
26.
The ideas and feelings associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral) is the ________.
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
connotation
d)
denotation
27.
The time and place of the story
a)
conflict
b)
setting
c)
irony
d)
exposition
28.
Problem in the story
a)
motivation
b)
conflict
c)
dialect
d)
irony
29.
The placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences.
a)
foreshadowing
b)
flashback
c)
motivation
d)
theme
30.

In the 15 box grid for Argumentative Essays, what is always the first box you should start with?

a)

reason #1

b)

the claim

c)

conclusion

d)

evidence