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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 ability to form mental images of things or events






2. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






4. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






5. A detective who follows a trail






6. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






9. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






10. 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






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






12. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






14. A series of words using the same beginning letters






15. A history of a word






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






17. Your basis for belief or disbelief






18. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






20. Someone who investigates






21. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






23. The sequence of events in a literary work






24. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






27. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






29. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






31. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






33. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






35. 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






36. An account of the author's personal experiences






37. A history of a word






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






39. Someone who investigates






40. An account of the author's personal experiences






41. 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






42. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






45. 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






46. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






49. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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