SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
english
,
6th-grade
,
common-core
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The ability to form mental images of things or events
etymology
imagery
onomatopeia
investigator
2. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
time
inference
victim
meter
3. The totality of surrounding conditions
simile
personification
interview
environment
4. Your basis for belief or disbelief
plot
evidence
aliteration
environment
5. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
personification
alibi
evidence
realism
6. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
victim
suspect
plot
witness
7. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
antagonist
epilogue
witness
protagonist
8. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
onomatopeia
legacy
antagonist
inductive reasoning
9. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
plot
red herring
metaphor
antagonist
10. Your basis for belief or disbelief
mystery
alibi
evidence
imagery
11. 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
victim
inference
mystery
problem solving
12. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
imagery
victim
legacy
idiom
13. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
time
red herring
memoir
alibi
14. An account of the author's personal experiences
etymology
time
memoir
deductive reasoning
15. The sequence of events in a literary work
mystery
imagery
plot
realism
16. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
victim
idiom
inference
problem solving
17. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
legacy
imagery
simile
lore
18. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
time
sleuth
protagonist
simile
19. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
inductive reasoning
legacy
red herring
simile
20. Words that imitate sounds
lore
onomatopeia
personification
aliteration
21. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
victim
onomatopeia
evidence
time
22. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
meter
plot
suspect
interview
23. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
sleuth
inductive reasoning
antagonist
personification
24. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
interview
personification
idiom
deductive reasoning
25. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
plot
mystery
suspect
environment
26. A history of a word
deductive reasoning
personification
time
etymology
27. Regard as untrustworthy
imagery
aliteration
aliteration
suspect
28. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
imagery
inductive reasoning
plot
personification
29. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
witness
red herring
problem solving
antagonist
30. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
lore
witness
mystery
mystery
31. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
interview
problem solving
alibi
idiom
32. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
memoir
inductive reasoning
protagonist
interview
33. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
red herring
witness
onomatopeia
simile
34. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
metaphor
protagonist
witness
imagery
35. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
mystery
sleuth
lore
legacy
36. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
etymology
personification
realism
interview
37. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
inductive reasoning
simile
problem solving
epilogue
38. 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
metaphor
memoir
etymology
red herring
39. 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
protagonist
meter
metaphor
realism
40. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
inductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
antagonist
epilogue
41. A detective who follows a trail
mystery
environment
simile
sleuth
42. Words that imitate sounds
onomatopeia
legacy
alibi
protagonist
43. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
onomatopeia
victim
time
imagery
44. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
alibi
imagery
imagery
personification
45. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
interview
realism
mystery
witness
46. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
lore
problem solving
environment
plot
47. The totality of surrounding conditions
witness
problem solving
environment
imagery
48. Someone who investigates
investigator
red herring
mystery
personification
49. The sequence of events in a literary work
protagonist
aliteration
plot
memoir
50. A series of words using the same beginning letters
aliteration
evidence
investigator
simile