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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary
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english
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6th-grade
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common-core
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A detective who follows a trail
imagery
simile
deductive reasoning
sleuth
2. 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
environment
protagonist
metaphor
inference
3. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
witness
antagonist
personification
idiom
4. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
problem solving
victim
simile
memoir
5. The sequence of events in a literary work
plot
lore
red herring
etymology
6. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
witness
mystery
legacy
onomatopeia
7. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
alibi
problem solving
mystery
deductive reasoning
8. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
inference
victim
metaphor
time
9. 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
time
idiom
inference
realism
10. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
interview
inductive reasoning
red herring
inference
11. Someone who investigates
investigator
environment
epilogue
idiom
12. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
red herring
personification
time
interview
13. Your basis for belief or disbelief
protagonist
evidence
imagery
personification
14. The totality of surrounding conditions
environment
metaphor
memoir
epilogue
15. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
interview
personification
deductive reasoning
mystery
16. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
meter
mystery
inference
idiom
17. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
interview
lore
realism
etymology
18. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
environment
environment
inductive reasoning
victim
19. The ability to form mental images of things or events
imagery
idiom
sleuth
inference
20. An account of the author's personal experiences
inductive reasoning
memoir
deductive reasoning
sleuth
21. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
etymology
antagonist
legacy
inference
22. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
witness
epilogue
evidence
imagery
23. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
meter
environment
realism
red herring
24. A history of a word
metaphor
etymology
realism
personification
25. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
lore
time
onomatopeia
etymology
26. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
lore
onomatopeia
personification
red herring
27. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
inductive reasoning
deductive reasoning
personification
witness
28. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
epilogue
evidence
realism
inductive reasoning
29. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
alibi
antagonist
witness
aliteration
30. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
evidence
suspect
realism
inductive reasoning
31. A history of a word
etymology
simile
memoir
environment
32. An account of the author's personal experiences
antagonist
witness
memoir
protagonist
33. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
idiom
etymology
simile
deductive reasoning
34. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
witness
legacy
problem solving
sleuth
35. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
onomatopeia
deductive reasoning
legacy
environment
36. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
sleuth
victim
inference
realism
37. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
aliteration
meter
environment
lore
38. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
aliteration
legacy
witness
memoir
39. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
legacy
etymology
protagonist
simile
40. The totality of surrounding conditions
environment
inference
metaphor
red herring
41. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
lore
onomatopeia
environment
realism
42. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
plot
simile
time
metaphor
43. The ability to form mental images of things or events
interview
imagery
victim
metaphor
44. Words that imitate sounds
sleuth
plot
onomatopeia
personification
45. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
antagonist
witness
interview
evidence
46. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
red herring
deductive reasoning
investigator
legacy
47. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
lore
inductive reasoning
deductive reasoning
etymology
48. A series of words using the same beginning letters
idiom
alibi
metaphor
aliteration
49. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
idiom
mystery
sleuth
realism
50. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
meter
plot
witness
interview