Test your basic knowledge |

Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The character who works against the protagonist in the story






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






3. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






4. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A detective who follows a trail






13. A history of a word






14. A series of words using the same beginning letters






15. 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






16. Someone who investigates






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






18. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






19. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






22. The sequence of events in a literary work






23. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






26. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






27. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






29. A history of a word






30. Someone who investigates






31. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






33. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






34. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






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






38. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






40. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






42. Words that imitate sounds






43. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






46. The totality of surrounding conditions






47. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






50. A series of words using the same beginning letters