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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. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






3. Regard as untrustworthy






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






5. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






6. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






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






11. Regard as untrustworthy






12. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






15. Your basis for belief or disbelief






16. Your basis for belief or disbelief






17. A series of words using the same beginning letters






18. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






19. Someone who investigates






20. A detective who follows a trail






21. A history of a word






22. Words that imitate sounds






23. The totality of surrounding conditions






24. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






27. A series of words using the same beginning letters






28. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






29. Someone who investigates






30. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






33. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






35. The sequence of events in a literary work






36. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






39. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






40. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






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






44. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






45. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






48. An account of the author's personal experiences






49. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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