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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies






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






3. A history of a word






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






5. Your basis for belief or disbelief






6. A detective who follows a trail






7. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






8. A detective who follows a trail






9. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






10. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






11. A history of a word






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






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






14. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






17. The sequence of events in a literary work






18. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






19. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






20. An account of the author's personal experiences






21. 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






22. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






23. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






24. Someone who investigates






25. 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






26. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






28. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






32. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






34. The totality of surrounding conditions






35. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






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






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






40. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






43. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






46. A series of words using the same beginning letters






47. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






48. Words that imitate sounds






49. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






50. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote