6th Grade ELA Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

Central idea is closest to what?

Main message of an informational text

Character costume

A setting detail

A line of dialogue

In nonfiction, evidence should come from what?

The text or data

Only opinion

A guess

A made-up quote

Collaboration helps investigators because they can do what?

Compare ideas and evidence

Hide clues

Skip proof

Avoid thinking

Thinking methodically means what?

Working step by step

Jumping to conclusions

Copying

Rushing

A strong investigator usually does what?

Uses evidence and thinks carefully

Guesses quickly

Avoids questions

Ignores details

What should a conclusion do?

Strengthen the argument

Add random evidence

Change the claim

Retell the whole plot

For the Mariposas essay, students need one sister and what?

One strength and two journey moments

A drawing only

Only a summary

Three villains

Reasoning answers which question?

How does evidence prove the claim?

Who is the author?

How many pages?

Where is the comma?

Evidence in an essay should do what?

Support the claim

Avoid the text

Be random

Replace reasoning

A strong claim should be what?

Arguable and specific

A quote only

Only a question

One word

A major theme in Mariposas is what?

Family strength grows through trials

No one can change

Magic solves everything

Journeys are pointless

A video performance can reveal what?

Tone and facial expression

Only the author name

Nothing new

Only the page count

Unity is shown best when characters do what?

Support each other during danger

Argue only

Hide alone

Ignore warnings

By chapter 13, the sisters show growth by doing what?

Fighting together

Trusting Cecilia

Giving up

Leaving each other

What makes Enrique's journey physically risky?

Riding dangerous trains

Taking a short walk

Fighting lechuzas

Using a magic pendant

Enrique's journey is motivated by what?

Finding his mother

Beating a monster

Buying a house

Finding a butterfly

Odilia's strength after Cecilia is what?

Learning and protecting her sisters

Doing nothing

Trusting strangers

Ignoring danger forever

Cecilia is modeled after which Odyssey figure?

Circe

Arachne

Athena

Penelope

Odilia escapes Cecilia by using whose help?

La Llorona's

Polyphemus's

Mr. Li's

Arachne's

Which detail foreshadows danger with Cecilia?

Mamá's warning echoes in Odilia's head

They walk

The girls eat

The sun shines

Why do the girls trust Cecilia at first?

She seems kind and motherly

She is their aunt

She warns them away

She tells the truth

To become 'whole,' the family needs what?

Emotional repair and reconnection

A new car

No journey

Only money

What does 'lost' mean for the Garza family?

Disconnected and broken

Only physically missing

Rich and famous

Bored at home

Butterflies connect to the sisters because both do what?

Move freely and transform

Avoid change

Live underwater

Stay still forever

Mariposas symbolize what in the novel?

Change and transformation

Money

Homework

Only insects

What object acts like a talisman?

The magic ear pendant

A violin

A school book

A baseball bat

Who serves as a mentor to Odilia?

La Llorona

Cecilia

The dead man

Polyphemus

What is an early call to adventure?

Return the dead man

Play Loteria

Buy a car

Stay home forever

The hero's ordinary world includes what?

Father gone and family strained

A perfect family

A palace

A school dance

What is the sisters' motto?

Cinco hermanitas, together forever

Never cross water

Trust every stranger

No family matters

Pita often shows what?

Need for care and innocence

Leadership over adults

Cruelty

Hatred of family

Juanita is often shown as what?

Decisive and justice-minded

A villain

Silent and weak

A ghost

Odilia often shows which trait?

Responsibility

Cruelty

Greed

Carelessness only

What do the sisters find in the river?

A dead body

A violin

A magic book

A treasure map

Who narrates Summer of the Mariposas?

Odilia

Cecilia

Mamá

La Llorona

Who often gives advice in a hero's journey?

Mentor

Narrator only

Enemy only

Setting

What is the call to adventure in a hero story?

The event that starts the journey

The final test

The glossary

The return home

What is moral complexity?

A character has mixed traits

A story has no conflict

A character is perfect

A word has no meaning

Best evidence about a trait usually shows what?

Action or words

Page color

Cover art

Chapter length

What does Odysseus choose under the sheep?

Escape by hiding

Asking Zeus

Giving up

A direct fight

Which theme fits Arachne?

Pride can lead to punishment

Silence always wins

Fear is never useful

Travel fixes all

Arachne's tapestry shows gods as what?

Deceptive or unfair

Silent teachers

Ordinary humans

Perfect heroes

Minerva's tapestry shows gods as what?

Powerful creators

Lost sailors

Children

Weak enemies

Arachne's pride leads to what consequence?

Transformation into a spider

Escaping by boat

Winning a crown

Becoming a god

Arachne believes her talent comes from what?

Her own skill

A magic sheep

The Cyclops

A gift from Zeus

Minerva believes Arachne's talent comes from whom?

The gods

Odysseus

Polyphemus

No one

Arachne's talent is what?

Weaving

Archery

Singing

Sailing

Prometheus taking risks shows what?

Defiance and sacrifice

Greed only

Fear only

Obedience

Prometheus is best known for giving humans what?

Fire

A spider

A cave

A ship

A theme of Odysseus's pride is what?

Pride can create danger

Names are unimportant

Boats are safe

Sheep are clever

Odysseus and Polyphemus both use what?

Trickery

Maps

Music

Kindness only

What does foreshadowing do?

Hints at future events

Tells the ending first

Lists characters

Defines words only

Odysseus yelling his name shows what weakness?

Pride

Kindness

Humility

Patience

What trait helps Odysseus escape the Cyclops?

Cleverness

Laziness

Fear only

Silence always

Who traps Odysseus and his men in a cave?

Polyphemus

Prometheus

Minerva

Arachne

Circe and Cecilia are both what?

Enchantresses who delay the journey

Narrators

Teachers at school

Sisters

What is different about Enrique's journey?

It is real and more physically dangerous

It is magical

He uses a pendant

He has four sisters

Enrique and the Garza sisters both travel because of what?

A missing parent

A birthday

A sports game

A school test

A strong compare answer must explain what?

Why the similarity or difference matters

Only the authors

Only the setting

Only the titles

Why compare Odilia and Odysseus?

To see how McCall reimagines the hero

To count monsters

To change the ending

To avoid theme

Summer of the Mariposas is what type of text?

Fiction with magical elements

Biography

News article

Dictionary

Enrique's Journey is what type of text?

Literary nonfiction

Poem only

Fantasy myth

Drama

Which is a genre difference?

Poem uses figurative language

Both can be read

Both are printed

Both have words

A poem and article can share what?

A similar message

The same genre

The same format

The same author always

When comparing texts, what should students look for?

Similarities and differences

Only pictures

Only titles

Only page numbers

Which question checks POV?

How does the narrator see this?

What color is the book?

What is the genre only?

How many pages?

When readers know only one character's thoughts, POV is what?

Limited

Omniscient

A symbol

A topic

Which line best reveals POV?

I knew I had to protect them

The river was cold

The car was old

It was morning

What can point of view affect?

How we understand events

The number of chapters

The font color

The paper size

If Odilia feels responsible, POV helps us know what?

Her inner thoughts

The glossary

Only the weather

The author's address

A narrator's opinion is also called what?

Point of view

Symbol

Setting

Conflict only

Why does Odilia's narration matter?

We get her thoughts

We know every secret

We hear only Mamá

No one has feelings

Third person usually uses what?

He, she, they

Only we

Only you

I and me

First person usually uses which pronoun?

I

He

They

She

Point of view means what?

Who tells or sees the story

The answer key

The theme

Where the story happens

Which question matches RL.6.4?

What does the word mean here?

Who is the hero?

What is the theme?

What happens next?

If a voice is 'enchanting,' it sounds what?

Charming or captivating

Weak and boring

Silent

Angry and rough

Which word means a difficult experience?

Ordeal

Depot

Haven

Aroma

Which word means a natural reaction?

Instinctual

Professional

Parallel

Concept

What should you do before using a glossary?

Try context clues

Close the book

Skip the word

Pick a friend

Which word suggests struggle?

Ordeals

Plaza

Aroma

Multicolored

Which word suggests danger?

Abduction

Aroma

Generously

Nestling

A connotation is what?

A feeling linked to a word

A page number

A character name

A plot event

Tone words help readers understand what?

Feeling or attitude

The grade level

The font

The page count

Which clue helps define 'faltering'?

Numb legs and slow steps

Loud music

A new shirt

Blue sky

If someone 'hesitated,' they likely did what?

Paused before acting

Slept

Celebrated

Ran faster

What does vocabulary in context mean?

Use nearby words for meaning

Pick hardest word

Use only a guess

Ignore sentences

Why track events in order?

To see how actions build change

To avoid evidence

To skip hard parts

To count words

Which is a plot-response chain?

Storm -> hides

Blue -> red

Poem -> article

Title -> author

A character's response can reveal what?

Trait or motivation

Page design

Font type

Book price

What does 'sequence' mean in plot?

Order of events

Character trait

Point of view

Word meaning

Which phrase shows internal change?

She understood the truth

The chair broke

The river flowed

The door opened

What should a response answer include?

What happened and how they reacted

Only the setting

Only a quote

Only the theme

If Marcus hated a job then asked to return, he did what?

Changed over time

Forgot the job

Stayed the same

Moved away

Which detail shows character response?

She stepped forward to help

The room was small

Chapter 4

The sky was gray

A turning point is usually when what happens?

The story shifts

The title repeats

Nothing changes

The font changes

Which question matches RL.6.3?

How does the character change?

What is the rhyme?

Who published it?

What is the index?

If a character faces danger and protects others, this shows what?

Response

Title

Setting

Genre

What is an episode in a plot?

A step or event in the story

A narrator

A vocabulary word

A type of theme

RL.6.3 focuses on plot and what else?

Character response or change

Setting only

Spelling

Author biography

Which theme matches teamwork?

Working together can overcome danger

Magic is always bad

Everyone must be alone

Travel is impossible

If a character changes, theme often comes from what?

The change and why it matters

The cover art

The final punctuation

The author's age

What is the difference between topic and theme?

Theme is a full message

Topic is lesson

Theme is one word

They are the same

Which detail often helps build theme?

A repeated conflict

The chapter title only

A random color

The page number

Topic: family. Which is a theme?

Family can help people survive trials

A family house

The Garza sisters

Family

To turn a topic into a theme, add what?

A life lesson

A page number

A character list

A harder word

Which is NOT a theme?

A girl rides a bike

Family can give strength

Bravery can require sacrifice

Pride can cause harm

A theme should apply to whom?

Many people or life situations

Only the teacher

Only one character

Only the author

Which question helps find theme?

What lesson is taught?

How many pages?

What is the font?

Who is tallest?

If a character lies and loses trust, the theme may be what?

Honesty matters

Travel is fun

Animals are helpful

Weather changes

Which theme fits a character who keeps trying after failing?

Hard work can lead to growth

Friends are loud

Nature is dangerous

Quitting is best

What helps readers find theme?

Character actions and lessons

Font size

Only the title

Number of pages

Which answer is only a topic?

Friendship

People can grow

True friends help in hard times

Choices have consequences

A theme should usually be what?

A full message

One word

Only the setting

A character name

Which is a theme, not a topic?

Courage helps people face fear

Courage

A scary forest

Family

What is the biggest mistake in evidence questions?

Choosing a related detail

Using quotes

Rereading

Finding paragraph numbers

Which phrase best describes a good reader on tests?

Text detective

Question skipper

Answer copier

Fast guesser

What should you ask after choosing an answer?

Can I prove it?

Is it first?

Is it longest?

Did my friend pick it?

If an answer is true but does not answer the question, it is what?

A trap

Correct

A theme

Point of view

Which answer is strongest evidence?

A direct proof quote

A funny detail

A character name

A related detail

What should Part B evidence do?

Prove Part A

Be the shortest answer

Repeat the question

Sound fancy

Before answering, students should first do what?

Read for gist

Skip the passage

Pick Part B

Look only at titles

A trap answer usually does what?

Looks close but misses the question

Has no words

Uses the correct quote

Is always silly

Which is the best evidence habit?

Find a paragraph and quote

Use memory only

Avoid rereading

Pick what sounds right

What does 'Prove It' mean on a reading question?

Find text evidence

Pick fast

Choose longest answer

Guess after reading