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






2. The totality of surrounding conditions






3. Someone who investigates






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






5. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






6. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






9. Words that imitate sounds






10. A series of words using the same beginning letters






11. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






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






15. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






16. A detective who follows a trail






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






18. 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






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






20. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






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






25. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






26. The sequence of events in a literary work






27. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






29. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






30. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






34. Words that imitate sounds






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






36. A series of words using the same beginning letters






37. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






39. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






42. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






44. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






45. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






46. Someone who investigates






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






48. 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






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






50. A history of a word