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






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






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






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






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






6. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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. A detective who follows a trail






9. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






13. Your basis for belief or disbelief






14. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






17. 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






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






19. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






21. A history of a word






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






23. Someone who investigates






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






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






26. A history of a word






27. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






28. Words that imitate sounds






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






30. Someone who investigates






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






32. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






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






36. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






37. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






38. The totality of surrounding conditions






39. A series of words using the same beginning letters






40. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






42. Regard as untrustworthy






43. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






45. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






47. 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






48. A detective who follows a trail






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






50. A series of words using the same beginning letters