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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)






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






3. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






6. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






8. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






11. Words that imitate sounds






12. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






14. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






15. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






23. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






24. A history of a word






25. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






27. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






28. A detective who follows a trail






29. Someone who investigates






30. 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






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






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






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






34. An account of the author's personal experiences






35. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






36. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






39. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






42. A history of a word






43. Regard as untrustworthy






44. A detective who follows a trail






45. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






48. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






50. An account of the author's personal experiences