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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth






2. Your basis for belief or disbelief






3. 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






4. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






6. A detective who follows a trail






7. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






8. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






10. The sequence of events in a literary work






11. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






13. Someone who investigates






14. Regard as untrustworthy






15. 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






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






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






18. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






19. An account of the author's personal experiences






20. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






22. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






25. A history of a word






26. A history of a word






27. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






29. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






32. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






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






36. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






37. Words that imitate sounds






38. 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






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






40. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






41. A series of words using the same beginning letters






42. Someone who investigates






43. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






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






47. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






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