6th Grade Reading 1st Semester Reading Exam Study Guide
Part 1(Vocabulary) Define the following words and write a synonym and antonym for each
word.
1. Inevitable
6. Commentary
2. Improvise
7. Mirth
3. Deteriorate
8. Besiege
4. Vacate
9. Instantaneous
5. Treacherous
10. Recede
Part 2 (Figurative Language) Define each of the following figurative language devices.
1. Simile
6. Characterization
2. Metaphor
7. Alliteration
3. Personification
8. Idiom
4. Imagery
9. Onomatopoeia
5. Hyperbole
10. Assonance
Part 3 (Figurative Language) Identity the following literary device used in each sentence.
____1. The wind whistled through the trees.
____2. I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
____3. She was as quiet as a mouse.
____4. I have told you a million times.
____5. His face was an open book.
____6. He is as strong as an ox.
____7. The stars looked down from the sky.
____8. Her smile is a ray of bright sunshine.
____9. His bedroom is a pig’s sty.
____10. She was pretty as a picture in her new dress.
Part 4 (Drawing Conclusions/Inference)- Read the following passages and select the best
answer.
1. Julio and his father had been looking forward to their fishing trip for weeks. They didn’t
take much food with them on the trip. When they started fishing they were quickly
approached by a forest ranger. He asked Julio’s father if he had a fishing license. Julio’s
father reached into his wallet and suddenly got a terrified look on his face. Julio was
disappointed that night as he ate dinner.
Why did Julio and his father not take much food with them on the trip?
A. they didn’t want to eat too much
B. They didn’t have any food
C. they were planning on eating the fish they caught D. they don’t like fish
2. We are going to Disney World during February. It will be so much fun to go on all the
rides again. What does this sentence tell us?
A. Disney World is in Florida.
C. Her family will fly on a plane.
B. Disneyland is in California
D. They have been to Disney World before.
3. The dog would not make a good watchdog because it licks everyone it meets.
What did we learn from this statement?
A. The dog is a German Shepherd.
C. Our family has a dog, too.
B. The dog is a very friendly dog.
D. Dogs do not like cats.
4. Richard and Luis had been hiking for hours. Richard had to carry Luis for the last few
miles of the hike. Sweat rolled down his face as the sun shone directly overhead.
What conclusion can be drawn about Luis’s age?
A. He is older than Richard
B. He is the same age as Richard
C. He just had a birthday
D. He is younger than Richard
5. Boris used a ruler to draw a straight line on the chart he was making.
What can you conclude after reading this sentence?
A. The chart will have crooked lines.
C. The chart will be a certain length.
B. The chart will have straight lines.
D. Boris is very careless.
Part 5 (UNRAAVEL)-List the purpose of each letter.
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A
A
V
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Part 6 (Foreshadowing)1. Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother. Her mother asked her
to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day. "Don't stop along the way. Go
straight to your Grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for
the wolf in the woods! Now get along!" How is the underlined statement
foreshadowing in the Little Red Riding Hood story?
2. Read the selection, and then answer the questions that follow.
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"It's going to be one of those days," Marek thought to himself as he looked up at the board labeled DEPARTURES. His flight
He thought back to how the day had begun. When he woke up, the sun had been shining brightly and robins that had built a n
window were chirping loudly. He'd jumped out of bed, anxious to start the first day of his vacation. But he'd tripped over the
carelessly dropped on the floor the night before and banged his knee on the closet door.
Now he sat at the airport thinking, "I guess I should have known this morning! Maybe it was an omen." He wasn't exactly sure
was, but his mom always said that when things went wrong, so he figured it fit! He pulled his cell from his backpack. Quickly
to his mom at work, alerting her that although he should be in the air on the way to his dad's place in Florida, he hadn't left the
he sent a message to his dad, so he wouldn't be waiting at the airport in Florida for a flight that didn't come.
When he was finished, Marek went to look for something to eat. He thought about the last time he'd gone on vacation with bo
Dad. They'd gone to that new theme park and had a great time. That had been the last time Dad had taken any real time off…
he worked too much. Then things changed, and now he was caught between two homes … the one he shared with Mom and t
visited to see Dad.
Marek looked out the window and saw that everything was covered in a thick blanket of fog! Just then, he heard an announce
the fog, all flights are delayed." Could this be another omen? he wondered.
For hours, Marek and the other passengers waited for news. The fog remained. No flights. Then Marek heard his cell. It was h
you're still stuck up there and now they're forecasting a hurricane down here. I want you to have a great vacation, so why don
there? … We can spend some time together, then fly here together next week. I can grab a flight now… They say by the time
the fog will have lifted and we can land. What do you think?"
"I think it would be great, Dad!" Marek replied, wondering what Mom would think. "Can't wait to see you!"
Marek called his mom, relaying the change in plans. She told him to stay at the airport and she'd come to pick him … and his
Slowly, the fog lifted, and was totally gone when his dad landed and his mom picked them up.
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On the way home, Marek noticed that Mom seemed happy to see Dad … and he seemed happy to see her. They la
talked about "the old days" all the way home. "Maybe Dad was supposed to come here instead of me going there …
whole thing was an omen. Could it mean they'll get back together?" Marek wondered.
1. Which best foreshadows that something important would happen later in the story?
a Marek tripping over his clothes
b Marek hearing the birds chirping
c the foggy skies
d Mom being at work
2.
Which foreshadows that Marek will discover that his dad has changed?
a Dad offers to take days off work to spend with Marek.
b Marek goes to find something to eat.
c Dad once took the family to a theme park.
d It's the first day of Marek's vacation.
An Aesop's Fable Retold
Read the selection, and then answer the questions that follow.
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One fine summer day, Grasshopper was hopping about in the field. As he chirped and danced, he spied Ant carryi
of corn to his nest. Grasshopper watched as Ant came back, lifted another kernel, then carried it to the nest as well
happened repeatedly. Finally, Grasshopper asked, "Ant, why do you work so hard on such a lovely day?"
"Soon it will be winter," replied Ant. "I'm gathering food for my family. I suggest you do the same!"
"Why bother about winter?" asked Grasshopper. "There's plenty of food in the fields now!"
Ant remembered last winter and how deep snow had covered everything. There had been no way to get out of his
alone try to find food! Now, an even worse winter was predicted. "You'll feel differently when the big snow come
he shook his head and walked away.
When winter came, Grasshopper had no food. The fields were covered with deep snow. Grasshopper was very hun
knowing that Ant had food enough because he had worked hard to prepare in advance.
1.
Which best foreshadowed what might happen in the story?
a Grasshopper hopped about in the field.
b An even worse winter was predicted.
c Ant walked away.
d Grasshopper chirped.
2.
Based on the story, which do you predict could NOT happen?
a Grasshopper begs Ant for just a small bit of food.
b Ant feels sorry for Grasshopper and gives him food.
c Grasshopper digs under the snow and finds lots of food.
d Grasshopper gets weaker without any food.
Part 7 (Rising Action/Climax/Falling Action)
Rising Action- the events that lead up to the climax
Climax- high point of the story
Falling Action- the consequences or outcomes as the tension fades to the end.
Conflict- the main problem
Resolution- how the problem is solved
Using the novel, The Watson’s Go To Birmingham-1963, explain the following from the plot.
ConflictRising Action
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ClimaxFalling Action
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ResolutionPart 8( Sequence of Events)- Order of events in a story (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th )
Describe the sequence of events in Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Part 9 (Point of View)- 1st Person, 2nd Person, 3rd Person
1st Person- I, me
2nd Person- You
3rd Person-We, she, he
3rd Person Objective- Facts about the story are reported without any thoughts of
characters revealed.
3rd Person Limited-Thoughts of ONE character are revealed in the story
3rd Person Omniscient-Thoughts of multiple characters are revealed in the story