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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict






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






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. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






6. A history of a word






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






8. Your basis for belief or disbelief






9. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






10. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






11. 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






12. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






15. 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






16. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






17. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






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






21. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






22. 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






23. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






24. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






25. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






28. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






31. A detective who follows a trail






32. The sequence of events in a literary work






33. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






34. The totality of surrounding conditions






35. A history of a word






36. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






38. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






40. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






43. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






46. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






49. Your basis for belief or disbelief






50. Regard as untrustworthy