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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies






2. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






3. The sequence of events in a literary work






4. An account of the author's personal experiences






5. Someone who investigates






6. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






9. Someone who investigates






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






11. Your basis for belief or disbelief






12. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






13. A history of a word






14. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






15. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






18. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






20. A history of a word






21. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






23. Regard as untrustworthy






24. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






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






28. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






29. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






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






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






35. A detective who follows a trail






36. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






38. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






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






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






44. The sequence of events in a literary work






45. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






47. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






49. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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