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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






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






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






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






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






6. Someone who investigates






7. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






10. A detective who follows a trail






11. A series of words using the same beginning letters






12. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






13. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






16. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






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






21. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






23. The sequence of events in a literary work






24. 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






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






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






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






28. The totality of surrounding conditions






29. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






31. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






34. 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






35. A history of a word






36. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






39. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






43. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






44. A history of a word






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. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






49. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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