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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 the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)






2. A detective who follows a trail






3. A detective who follows a trail






4. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






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






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






9. The totality of surrounding conditions






10. The totality of surrounding conditions






11. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






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






15. Words that imitate sounds






16. Someone who investigates






17. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






18. A history of a word






19. The sequence of events in a literary work






20. A history of a word






21. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






23. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






24. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






27. Someone who investigates






28. An account of the author's personal experiences






29. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






33. The sequence of events in a literary work






34. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






36. 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






37. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






39. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






41. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






44. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






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






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






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






50. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote