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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Words that imitate sounds






2. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






8. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






9. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






12. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Someone who investigates






20. 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






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






22. A detective who follows a trail






23. A history of a word






24. The totality of surrounding conditions






25. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






26. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






28. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






31. An account of the author's personal experiences






32. Words that imitate sounds






33. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






35. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






37. Regard as untrustworthy






38. A history of a word






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






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






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






42. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






43. A detective who follows a trail






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






45. Your basis for belief or disbelief






46. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






48. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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