Spring 2013 Language Arts Semester Review6th grade

*What is Summary?

Summary is the main idea and Important details

What is fiction?

Fiction is a type of literature that tells a made-up story

*What is drama?

Drama is a play written to be performed by actors

*What is an analogy?

An analogy is a comparison that shows a relationship between 2 things

*What is a simile?

A simile is a comparison of 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”

*What is an onomatopoeia?

An onomatopoeia is a word or phrase that imitates sound

*What is plot?

Plot is the action in the story

What is the resolution?

Resolution is the final outcome of the story- the solution

What is setting?

Setting is the time and place of the story’s events

What is the climax?

Climax is the point of greatest interest or suspense

What is conflict?

Conflict is the main problem the character faces (with others, self or nature)

*What is Personification?

Personification gives animals or objects human qualities

*What is a hyperbole?

A hyperbole is the use of exaggeration

*What is symbolism?

Symbolism is the use of one thing to stand for or represent another

*What is imagery?

Imagery is the use of vivid description to create a picture in the readers mind

*What is foreshadowing?

Foreshadowing gives clues that suggest what might happen

*What is an idiom?

An idiom is a saying that cannot be literally translated

What is an author?

An author is the person who wrote the story, passage, etc.

What is a narrator?

A narrator is the person telling the story

What is 1st person?

1st person is when a character tells a story (I, me, we…)

What is 3rd person?

3rd person is when someone NOT in the story, tells the story

What is dialogue?

Dialogue is when the character speak (usually set off with quotation marks)

What is a fact?

A fact is a statement that can be proven

What is an opinion?

An opinion is a statement that cannot be proved- some ones own belief

What is propaganda?

Propaganda is persuasion techniques

What are synonyms?

Synonyms are words that have similar meanings

What are antonyms?

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings

What are context clues?

Context clues are the words around a word that help you understand the meaning of an unknown word

What is authors purpose? Authors purpose is the reason the author chose to write- Persuasion, Information, Entertainment

What does it mean to inference? Using what the text says to infer (or figure out) what is going on that is not stated

What is main idea?

Main idea is the general point of a section- Most important part

What does a complete sentence have? A subject (who) and a verb (what)

What is a concluding sentence? The last sentence that sums up the final idea of a paper

What words can be used to combine sentences? Fan boysFor, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

What are the types of verb tenses? Past, Present, & future