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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. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






3. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






4. 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






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






6. Words that imitate sounds






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






8. 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






9. A detective who follows a trail






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






11. Your basis for belief or disbelief






12. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






14. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






16. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






18. The sequence of events in a literary work






19. A series of words using the same beginning letters






20. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






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






26. Someone who investigates






27. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






28. The totality of surrounding conditions






29. An account of the author's personal experiences






30. Someone who investigates






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






32. Words that imitate sounds






33. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






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






37. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






38. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Your basis for belief or disbelief






44. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






48. The sequence of events in a literary work






49. An account of the author's personal experiences






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