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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A detective who follows a trail






2. 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






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






4. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






5. The sequence of events in a literary work






6. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






8. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






9. 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






10. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






11. Someone who investigates






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






13. Your basis for belief or disbelief






14. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






16. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






18. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






20. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






24. A history of a word






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. A history of a word






32. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






34. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






37. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






40. The totality of surrounding conditions






41. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






44. Words that imitate sounds






45. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






47. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






48. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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