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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question






2. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






4. A series of words using the same beginning letters






5. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






7. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






11. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






15. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






16. A history of a word






17. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






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






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






22. Words that imitate sounds






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






24. 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






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






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






27. A detective who follows a trail






28. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






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






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






33. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






35. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






37. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






38. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






39. A history of a word






40. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






42. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






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






47. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






49. Words that imitate sounds






50. 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