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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary
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english
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6th-grade
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common-core
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Words that imitate sounds
inductive reasoning
antagonist
onomatopeia
interview
2. Your basis for belief or disbelief
evidence
aliteration
personification
victim
3. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
realism
time
etymology
memoir
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
metaphor
problem solving
sleuth
epilogue
5. The ability to form mental images of things or events
imagery
alibi
personification
protagonist
6. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
red herring
inductive reasoning
idiom
lore
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
mystery
metaphor
red herring
inference
8. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
evidence
onomatopeia
lore
suspect
9. Regard as untrustworthy
memoir
sleuth
onomatopeia
suspect
10. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
victim
deductive reasoning
antagonist
sleuth
11. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
time
suspect
sleuth
problem solving
12. A series of words using the same beginning letters
aliteration
personification
interview
alibi
13. The ability to form mental images of things or events
inductive reasoning
plot
imagery
problem solving
14. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
metaphor
metaphor
deductive reasoning
legacy
15. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
inductive reasoning
environment
mystery
legacy
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
metaphor
onomatopeia
victim
onomatopeia
17. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
simile
lore
memoir
investigator
18. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
time
antagonist
suspect
meter
19. Someone who investigates
investigator
etymology
memoir
inference
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
inference
epilogue
sleuth
plot
21. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
personification
simile
realism
protagonist
22. A detective who follows a trail
memoir
evidence
sleuth
inductive reasoning
23. A history of a word
etymology
deductive reasoning
victim
witness
24. The totality of surrounding conditions
environment
interview
time
witness
25. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
time
witness
suspect
antagonist
26. The totality of surrounding conditions
idiom
etymology
realism
environment
27. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
memoir
evidence
idiom
deductive reasoning
28. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
idiom
mystery
etymology
epilogue
29. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
deductive reasoning
time
environment
etymology
30. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
problem solving
idiom
interview
red herring
31. An account of the author's personal experiences
deductive reasoning
protagonist
imagery
memoir
32. Words that imitate sounds
environment
problem solving
onomatopeia
epilogue
33. The sequence of events in a literary work
aliteration
red herring
plot
idiom
34. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
alibi
epilogue
alibi
red herring
35. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
mystery
investigator
witness
etymology
36. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
time
simile
mystery
legacy
37. Regard as untrustworthy
suspect
evidence
protagonist
memoir
38. A history of a word
interview
evidence
legacy
etymology
39. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
plot
red herring
alibi
antagonist
40. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
lore
simile
memoir
sleuth
41. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
memoir
meter
evidence
metaphor
42. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
victim
idiom
etymology
epilogue
43. A detective who follows a trail
meter
sleuth
legacy
imagery
44. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
alibi
meter
lore
etymology
45. Your basis for belief or disbelief
idiom
memoir
evidence
metaphor
46. An account of the author's personal experiences
memoir
personification
environment
victim
47. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
legacy
metaphor
idiom
epilogue
48. A series of words using the same beginning letters
legacy
onomatopeia
etymology
aliteration
49. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
legacy
antagonist
deductive reasoning
problem solving
50. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
antagonist
metaphor
investigator
personification