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