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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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1. 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






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






3. Words that imitate sounds






4. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






5. A history of a word






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






7. Someone who investigates






8. A history of a word






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






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






11. The sequence of events in a literary work






12. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






13. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






16. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






19. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






21. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






23. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






24. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






26. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






27. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






29. A detective who follows a trail






30. 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






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






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






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






34. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






36. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






39. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






42. Your basis for belief or disbelief






43. Someone who investigates






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






45. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






49. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






50. The sequence of events in a literary work