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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






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






3. Regard as untrustworthy






4. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






6. Words that imitate sounds






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






8. A detective who follows a trail






9. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






14. Regard as untrustworthy






15. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






17. Someone who investigates






18. Someone who investigates






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






20. Words that imitate sounds






21. 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






22. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






24. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






26. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






30. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






32. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






33. 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






34. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






36. 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






37. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






39. 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






40. A history of a word






41. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






43. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






44. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






46. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






47. A history of a word






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






49. An account of the author's personal experiences






50. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote