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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. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






4. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






5. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






7. Words that imitate sounds






8. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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 series of words using the same beginning letters






13. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






14. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






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






18. A detective who follows a trail






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






20. Someone who investigates






21. The totality of surrounding conditions






22. A history of a word






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






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






25. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






26. 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






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






28. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






29. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






30. 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






31. The sequence of events in a literary work






32. An account of the author's personal experiences






33. A history of a word






34. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






37. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






40. 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






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






42. A series of words using the same beginning letters






43. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






44. Regard as untrustworthy






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






46. Words that imitate sounds






47. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






50. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote