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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






2. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






3. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






4. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






7. The totality of surrounding conditions






8. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






11. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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. Someone who investigates






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






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






17. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






18. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






21. 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






22. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






25. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






27. A series of words using the same beginning letters






28. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






31. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






34. An account of the author's personal experiences






35. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






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






39. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






42. Your basis for belief or disbelief






43. A detective who follows a trail






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






45. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






46. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






49. 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






50. 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