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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Regard as untrustworthy






2. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






5. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






9. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






10. A history of a word






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






12. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






13. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






17. Regard as untrustworthy






18. A detective who follows a trail






19. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






21. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






24. The sequence of events in a literary work






25. 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






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






27. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






29. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






37. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






38. 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






39. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






43. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






44. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






45. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






46. A detective who follows a trail






47. Someone who investigates






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






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






50. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles