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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






10. A series of words using the same beginning letters






11. Regard as untrustworthy






12. Words that imitate sounds






13. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






14. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






15. An account of the author's personal experiences






16. The sequence of events in a literary work






17. A history of a word






18. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






20. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






21. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






22. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






24. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






27. Words that imitate sounds






28. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






30. The totality of surrounding conditions






31. Someone who investigates






32. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






33. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






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






37. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






48. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






49. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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