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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. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






2. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






3. A history of a word






4. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






6. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






9. Words that imitate sounds






10. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






13. Someone who investigates






14. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






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






19. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






20. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






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






24. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






26. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






28. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






29. Someone who investigates






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






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






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






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






34. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






36. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






40. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






42. 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






43. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue






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






48. 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






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






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