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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 short passage added at the end of a literary work






2. A history of a word






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






4. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






5. Regard as untrustworthy






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






7. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






8. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






10. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






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






14. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






15. A detective who follows a trail






16. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The sequence of events in a literary work






24. 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






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






26. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






28. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






30. Someone who investigates






31. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






32. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






35. Someone who investigates






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






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






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






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






40. Your basis for belief or disbelief






41. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






42. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






43. Words that imitate sounds






44. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






45. An account of the author's personal experiences






46. The totality of surrounding conditions






47. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






49. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






50. A detective who follows a trail