Mrs.

Thomas--Pre-AP 6th Grade

Unit One End of Term Exam

You need to understand the following academic vocabulary words:
paraphrase
sequence
coherence
summarize
cause-effect
roots/affixes (pg 16,
synonym
analyze
68)
antonym
transitions
You also need to understand the following literary terms and be able to
identify them in writing:
genre
connotation
figurative language
point of view
denotation
personification
diction
simile
foreshadowing
narrative
metaphor
science fiction
characterization
sensory language
dialogue
conflict (internal &
short story
external)
theme
personal narrative
plot

Skills and Concepts to understand

You will need to identify a passage for its key ideas. You will read a paragraph
and write a two-sentence summary of what the paragraph says.
Understand the role transitions play in writing and be able to revise writing
using transitions.
Understand and use precise words and sensory details.
Identify the structure of a personal response narrative.
Revise sentences to show vivid verb use.
Identify the theme of a passage.
How do you put dialogue into a narrative or short story? Why is dialogue
important?
Compare/Contrast a narrative to a short story.
Know what the elements of plot are (exposition, rising action, climax, falling
action, resolution).
What goes into the exposition?
What are different ways authors develop characterization?
Grammar Focus:
Proper punctuation with dialogue
Use of semicolon and colon
Use of commas
Reflexive/Intensive pronouns (pg 18)
Pronounssubjective & objective (pg 24)
Sentence fragments
Sentence run-ons
Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex sentences