6th Grade Random
Reading/Writing Part 1
Reading/Writing Part 2
Poetry
6th Grade Random
100
What is the setting of a story?
What is the time and place in which a story is told?
100
Where can you usually find the main idea of a paragraph?
What is the first or last sentence?
100
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
What is topic sentence or introduction paragraph?
100
The term for using strong exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
100
A prefix that mean "not" and two examples of words
What is non-, il-, im-, un-
200
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
What is to tell how things are similar or different?
200
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective.
What is first-person point-of-view/POV?
200
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = not real/made up, can be funny.
Nonfiction = topic, factual, provides information, not funny.
200
What is the term for giving human characteristics to something that is not human?
What is personification?
200
Name two test-taking strategies you can use while taking an assessment
What is:
-Re-reading the question and/or passage
-Eliminating answer choices
-Taking notes while reading
-Highlighting/underlining
300
What is the term for the "problem of the story"?
What is conflict?
300
What is the term for the message or lesson of the story
What is theme?
300
What are the four types of conflict?
What is 1) character vs. character 2) character vs. self 3) character vs. nature 4) character vs. society?
300
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is simile?
300
To give a short explanation that only includes the most important parts.
What is summarize/summary?
400
Sometimes poems have these: AA, BB, CC, etc.
What is rhyme scheme?
400
What is the term for what the story is mainly about?
What is Central or Main Idea?
400
List 2 synonyms for the word tired.
What is sleepy, exhausted, etc.
400
Poems are not written in sentences and paragraphs, they are written in _______ and ________.
What are lines and stanzas?
400
What Mrs. Song and DJ are going to eat for dinner
What is Chipotle?
500
Give an example of:
1) Personification
2) A simile
3) An idiom
Answers will vary.
500
List all the elements in a plot diagram:
What is...
Exposition/Setting
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
500
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
What is a conclusion?
500
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry.
What is metaphor?
500
What is this an example of?
"Bob angled his head up towards the vast sky and saw a cotton candy swirl of pink, blue, red, and orange."
What is sensory/descriptive language?