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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary
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Subjects
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english
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6th-grade
,
common-core
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Regard as untrustworthy
suspect
realism
time
idiom
2. A series of words using the same beginning letters
problem solving
etymology
aliteration
epilogue
3. A detective who follows a trail
sleuth
epilogue
memoir
red herring
4. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
environment
deductive reasoning
red herring
antagonist
5. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
evidence
suspect
antagonist
meter
6. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
realism
etymology
epilogue
simile
7. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
victim
problem solving
investigator
plot
8. The ability to form mental images of things or events
simile
problem solving
imagery
investigator
9. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
witness
meter
witness
problem solving
10. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witness
inductive reasoning
evidence
etymology
11. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
meter
simile
red herring
deductive reasoning
12. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
protagonist
realism
antagonist
mystery
13. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
inductive reasoning
etymology
personification
memoir
14. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
epilogue
metaphor
protagonist
inductive reasoning
15. The totality of surrounding conditions
evidence
lore
inference
environment
16. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witness
time
simile
evidence
17. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
simile
red herring
realism
memoir
18. 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
time
protagonist
deductive reasoning
metaphor
19. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
idiom
simile
alibi
legacy
20. Words that imitate sounds
aliteration
evidence
investigator
onomatopeia
21. An account of the author's personal experiences
memoir
onomatopeia
mystery
protagonist
22. The ability to form mental images of things or events
legacy
imagery
environment
metaphor
23. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
interview
plot
meter
victim
24. Your basis for belief or disbelief
inference
mystery
idiom
evidence
25. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
epilogue
witness
inference
deductive reasoning
26. 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
lore
imagery
personification
inference
27. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
suspect
inductive reasoning
personification
problem solving
28. The totality of surrounding conditions
inductive reasoning
interview
environment
witness
29. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
lore
plot
evidence
time
30. A history of a word
evidence
etymology
onomatopeia
mystery
31. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
epilogue
red herring
sleuth
suspect
32. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
inference
evidence
idiom
alibi
33. A history of a word
etymology
mystery
idiom
protagonist
34. Your basis for belief or disbelief
evidence
metaphor
problem solving
victim
35. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
deductive reasoning
epilogue
onomatopeia
realism
36. 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
problem solving
inference
red herring
environment
37. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
problem solving
lore
investigator
suspect
38. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
environment
onomatopeia
mystery
protagonist
39. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
inference
lore
alibi
imagery
40. Words that imitate sounds
onomatopeia
alibi
evidence
deductive reasoning
41. A detective who follows a trail
sleuth
realism
victim
lore
42. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
epilogue
investigator
alibi
memoir
43. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
protagonist
legacy
environment
personification
44. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
suspect
environment
inductive reasoning
time
45. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
realism
red herring
alibi
realism
46. Someone who investigates
investigator
suspect
imagery
epilogue
47. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
time
inductive reasoning
antagonist
imagery
48. The sequence of events in a literary work
onomatopeia
plot
environment
imagery
49. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
legacy
memoir
alibi
onomatopeia
50. Someone who investigates
problem solving
investigator
meter
meter