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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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1. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






2. A series of words using the same beginning letters






3. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






4. Someone who investigates






5. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






7. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






10. 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






11. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






12. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






14. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






16. Words that imitate sounds






17. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






20. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






23. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






25. Words that imitate sounds






26. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






30. A history of a word






31. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






33. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






36. Your basis for belief or disbelief






37. Regard as untrustworthy






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






39. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






41. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






42. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. A detective who follows a trail






49. 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






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







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