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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






2. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






3. 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






4. Words that imitate sounds






5. 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






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






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






8. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






11. The sequence of events in a literary work






12. A history of a word






13. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






14. A history of a word






15. Regard as untrustworthy






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






17. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






26. Your basis for belief or disbelief






27. A detective who follows a trail






28. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






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






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






33. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






34. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






36. 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






37. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






39. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






41. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






42. 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






43. Someone who investigates






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






45. Someone who investigates






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






47. A series of words using the same beginning letters






48. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






49. Words that imitate sounds






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