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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






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






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






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






5. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






6. A series of words using the same beginning letters






7. An account of the author's personal experiences






8. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past






9. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






11. The character who works against the protagonist in the story






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






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






14. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






17. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






18. A series of words using the same beginning letters






19. Regard as untrustworthy






20. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






22. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






24. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






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






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






29. Words that imitate sounds






30. The character who works against the protagonist in the story






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






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






33. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation






34. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






35. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






36. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






38. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past






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






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






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






42. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






44. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






45. Someone who investigates






46. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation






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






48. 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






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






50. The sequence of events in a literary work