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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






2. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






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






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






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






8. A history of a word






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






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






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






12. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






14. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






17. Words that imitate sounds






18. Words that imitate sounds






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






20. An account of the author's personal experiences






21. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






22. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






23. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






24. A series of words using the same beginning letters






25. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






28. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






29. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






30. A detective who follows a trail






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






32. The sequence of events in a literary work






33. 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






34. 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






35. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






37. The sequence of events in a literary work






38. Someone who investigates






39. Someone who investigates






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






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






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






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






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






45. A history of a word






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






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






48. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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