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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 attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth






2. A detective who follows a trail






3. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






5. 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






6. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






8. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






11. A history of a word






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






13. Your basis for belief or disbelief






14. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






17. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






18. Your basis for belief or disbelief






19. Someone who investigates






20. A history of a word






21. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Someone who investigates






29. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






30. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






31. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






32. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






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






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






37. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






38. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






41. Regard as untrustworthy






42. 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






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






44. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






45. A series of words using the same beginning letters






46. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






49. A series of words using the same beginning letters






50. Words that imitate sounds