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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 detective who follows a trail






2. 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






3. Regard as untrustworthy






4. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






5. 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






6. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






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






10. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






11. 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






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






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






14. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






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






18. The totality of surrounding conditions






19. Someone who investigates






20. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






21. The sequence of events in a literary work






22. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






25. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






28. The sequence of events in a literary work






29. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






30. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






32. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






35. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






38. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






39. A series of words using the same beginning letters






40. 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






41. An account of the author's personal experiences






42. A detective who follows a trail






43. A history of a word






44. Regard as untrustworthy






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






46. Words that imitate sounds






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






48. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






49. A history of a word






50. The totality of surrounding conditions