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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)






2. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






4. 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






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






6. Your basis for belief or disbelief






7. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






8. 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






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






10. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






12. A detective who follows a trail






13. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






20. The sequence of events in a literary work






21. Someone who investigates






22. Regard as untrustworthy






23. 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






24. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






25. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






28. An account of the author's personal experiences






29. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






32. A history of a word






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






34. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






35. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






36. A history of a word






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






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






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






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






41. An account of the author's personal experiences






42. The totality of surrounding conditions






43. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






46. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






47. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






48. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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