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