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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Regard as untrustworthy






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






3. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






5. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






8. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






10. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






13. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






14. 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






15. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






17. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






18. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






19. Your basis for belief or disbelief






20. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






23. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






27. A detective who follows a trail






28. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






31. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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. Someone who investigates






35. A history of a word






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






37. A history of a word






38. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






39. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






41. Someone who investigates






42. Regard as untrustworthy






43. The totality of surrounding conditions






44. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






46. A series of words using the same beginning letters






47. 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






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






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






50. 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