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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • 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. A series of words using the same beginning letters






3. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






7. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






10. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






12. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






15. The totality of surrounding conditions






16. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






20. Words that imitate sounds






21. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






24. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






27. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






28. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






30. A history of a word






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






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






33. A history of a word






34. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






37. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






38. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






39. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






40. Words that imitate sounds






41. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






44. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






46. Someone who investigates






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






48. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






50. Someone who investigates