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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The character who works against the protagonist in the story






2. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up






3. A series of words using the same beginning letters






4. Words that imitate sounds






5. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth






6. A series of words using the same beginning letters






7. Your basis for belief or disbelief






8. The ability to form mental images of things or events






9. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict






10. An account of the author's personal experiences






11. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






12. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






13. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue






14. A detective who follows a trail






15. The totality of surrounding conditions






16. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')






17. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






18. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question






19. Regard as untrustworthy






20. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity






21. A detective who follows a trail






22. Your basis for belief or disbelief






23. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






24. The ability to form mental images of things or events






25. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')






26. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






27. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies






28. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue






29. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






30. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes






31. Regard as untrustworthy






32. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)






33. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question






34. The sequence of events in a literary work






35. A short passage added at the end of a literary work






36. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)






37. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






38. A history of a word






39. Words that imitate sounds






40. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






41. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






42. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






43. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict






44. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse






45. The sequence of events in a literary work






46. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies






47. The totality of surrounding conditions






48. Someone who investigates






49. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)






50. An account of the author's personal experiences