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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 series of words using the same beginning letters






2. Someone who investigates






3. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






5. Regard as untrustworthy






6. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






9. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






12. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






13. A history of a word






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






15. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






16. Regard as untrustworthy






17. Your basis for belief or disbelief






18. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






20. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






23. Words that imitate sounds






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






25. 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






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






27. Words that imitate sounds






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






29. Your basis for belief or disbelief






30. A series of words using the same beginning letters






31. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






33. The totality of surrounding conditions






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. The ability to form mental images of things or events






36. A history of a word






37. An account of the author's personal experiences






38. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A detective who follows a trail






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






47. 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






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






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






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