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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






2. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






5. A detective who follows a trail






6. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






7. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






8. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






10. A history of a word






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






12. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






13. 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






14. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






16. Words that imitate sounds






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






18. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






21. Regard as untrustworthy






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






23. 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






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






25. The totality of surrounding conditions






26. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






27. Someone who investigates






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






29. Regard as untrustworthy






30. 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






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






32. A series of words using the same beginning letters






33. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






36. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






46. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






47. Someone who investigates






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






49. Your basis for belief or disbelief






50. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote