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