6th Grade ELA MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Use Elements of Language Textbook (page numbers are in parentheses) and handouts
(Language Arts Study Guide, Pronoun Packet, Literary Devices and Elements, Helping Verbs Chart
in Binder)
READING SKILLS
Main idea (781)
Summarizing (782)
Inference (779)
Literary Devices (handout)
Literary Elements (handout)
Book parts
Title page
Table of contents
Copyright page
Index
Bibliography
Genres
biography
fantasy
autobiography
science fiction
informational
realistic fiction
TRANSITIONS – review those used with compare/contrast; cause/effect; chronological order;
GRAMMAR SKILLS
Be able to identify in a sentence:
Simple subjects and simple predicates (Chapter 1 and Language Arts Study Guide)
Parts of speech –nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs (Chapters 2 and 3; Language Arts
Study Guide)
Verb phrases (Chapter 3; study Helping Verb Chart in your binder
Be able to identify the correct use of the nominative, objective, and possessive cases of
Personal Pronouns (Chapter 10 and Pronoun Packet).