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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






2. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Regard as untrustworthy






8. Your basis for belief or disbelief






9. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






10. 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






11. Regard as untrustworthy






12. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






14. Someone who investigates






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






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






17. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






18. A detective who follows a trail






19. A history of a word






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






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






22. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






25. An account of the author's personal experiences






26. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






29. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






31. The sequence of events in a literary work






32. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






33. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






34. 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






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






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






37. A series of words using the same beginning letters






38. Your basis for belief or disbelief






39. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






42. Someone who investigates






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






44. A history of a word






45. A detective who follows a trail






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






47. A series of words using the same beginning letters






48. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






50. The totality of surrounding conditions