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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






3. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






4. A history of a word






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






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






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






8. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






9. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






11. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






14. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






16. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






17. A history of a word






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






19. Regard as untrustworthy






20. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






22. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






25. 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






26. A detective who follows a trail






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. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






31. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






33. Words that imitate sounds






34. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






35. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






37. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






44. Words that imitate sounds






45. 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






46. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






47. Your basis for belief or disbelief






48. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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