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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Someone who investigates






2. Words that imitate sounds






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






4. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






6. A history of a word






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






8. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






10. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






11. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






12. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






14. A detective who follows a trail






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






16. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






18. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






19. Your basis for belief or disbelief






20. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






23. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






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






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






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






29. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






30. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






33. A series of words using the same beginning letters






34. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






35. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






36. Your basis for belief or disbelief






37. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






41. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






42. A history of a word






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






44. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






47. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






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