Mrs. Fischer’s 6th grade Language Arts Final Exam Review
I.Wordly Wise Vocabulary Lesson 4-8
II.Literary Terms- Notes
-Setting
-Plot
-Exposition
-Climax
-Falling Action
-Rising Action
-Theme
-Foreshadowing
-Flashback
-Main Character
-Conflict
-Fantasy
-Science Fiction
III. Nonfiction- Notes
-Persuasive Essay
-Biography
-Autobiography
-Second, Third, First Person
IV. Figurative Language (The Hatchet)- Notes
-Simile
-Metaphor
-Alliteration
-Hyperbole
-Onomatopoeia
-Personification
-Repetition
-Vivid imagery
-Factual Information
-Dialogue between characters
-First-person storytelling
V. Writing Process
-Prewriting
-Drafting
-Edit/Proofread
-Revise
-Publish your paper
-Persuasive essay components
-Expository writing components
-Identify the order of paragraphs
VI. Reading Skills- FCAT Task Cards
-Main Idea
-Supporting Details
-Author’s Purpose
-Cause and Effect
-Compare and Contrast
-Fact vs. Opinion
-Context Clues
-Inference
VII. Antonyms and Synonyms
Example questions:
VIII.Parts of Speech
1. A common noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
A. True B. False
Directions: Identify all the nouns for the following question.
2. The staff of Doctors at Grant Hospital are dependable.
Directions: If the boldfaced noun is common, write common. If it is a proper noun, write proper.
3. Spiders spin webs to catch insects. ______
Directions: Circle the correct pronoun for questions 4-5.
4. I see his dog and (he, him).
A B
5. How will you show (I, me)?
A B
6. Words that are used to describe people, places, and things are called ______.
A. adjectives B. verbs C. conjunctions D. pronouns
7. The words this, that, these, and those are called ______.
A. conjunctions B. verbs C. articles D. demonstrative adjectives.
Directions: Circle the correct article or demonstrative word.
8. (A, The) town of Stratford-on-Avon was his birthplace.
Directions: Circle the conjunctions for the following question.
9. The Ferris wheel used to frighten me, but now I like it.
II.Sentence Structure
Sample Questions:
10. A ______is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
A. subject B. sentence C. predicate
11. A subject is ______or ______the sentence is about.
A. where, how B. what, where C. who, what
Directions: Circle the simple subject for the following question.
12. True insects have three body parts and six legs.
A. insects B. body C. legs D. parts
13. A complex sentence is a sentence that has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
A. True B. False
Directions: Circle whether the following sentences are simple, compound, or complex.
14. How did Charlotte escape being hanged, and what did she do when she reached America?
A. simple B. compound C. complex
15. The captain who killed his first mate accused Charlotte of murder.
A. simple B. compound C. complex
Directions: Circle whether the sentence is complete sentence, fragment, or a run-on.
16. Most of the Maya were farmers they came to the cities to attend festivals.
A. fragment B. run-on C. complete sentence
17. In the tropical rain forests of northern Guatemala.
A. fragment B. run-on C. complete sentence
Directions: Circle the correct answer for each question.
18. What type of sentence makes a command?
A. imperative B. interrogative C. exclamatory D. declarative
19. How did you find the car?
A. imperative B. interrogative C. exclamatory D. declarative
20. The house will be built on a hill.
A. imperative B. interrogative C. exclamatory D. declarative
VIII.Punctuation
Sample Questions
21. Tell me the names of those cities again
A. question mark (?) B. period (.) C. exclamation mark (!)
22. What is a colon?
A. ( , ) B. (:) C. (‘) D. (;)
23. The letter was postmarked March 19 1995.
A. 19, B. letter, C. postmarked D. The,
Directions: Identify where the semicolon or colon belongs. Circle the correct answer.
24. Einstein also thought about the problems of his day he wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt about developing the atomic bomb.
A. wrote: B. Einstein; C. about; D. day;
25. Einstein’s theory led to the development of these inventions motion pictures with sound, television, and sophisticated security devices.
A. inventions: B. these; C. theory; D. pictures:
VIIII.Fiction
Sample Questions:
28. The main character is:
A. The person who wrote the story
B. The character that everybody likes
C. The character whose life is the center of the story
D. A person who makes everybody laugh
29. The sequence of events in a story is called:
A. The Plot B. The Climax C. The Resolution D. The Theme
30. The Climax is
A. The conclusion of a story
B. The point of greatest interest in a story; where everything has been leading up to
C. The setting
D. The boring part of the story
31. To clarify involves:
A. Stop occasionally to review what you understand so far. Also, watch for answers to questions you had earlier.
B. To make an educational guess
C. Trying to figure out what will happen next
D. Connect personally with what you will be reading
32. Questioning involves:
A. Searching for reasons behind events and character’s feelings
B. Reviewing what has been read
C. Trying to figure out what will happen next in a story
D. Making judgments about a character
33. An inference says something that is probably true, based on facts in the story.
A. True B. False
PAGE NUMBERS to look up terms
p.21(fiction),
p.96 (nonfiction),
188 (poetry),
Literary Focus (R116, 243, 443, 611),
p.316 (drama),
p.362 (autobiography and biography),
p.316(drama),
p.507 (science fiction and fantasy)