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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 series of words using the same beginning letters






2. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






3. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






5. Someone who investigates






6. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






11. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






13. A history of a word






14. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






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






18. Someone who investigates






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






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






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






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






23. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






24. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






25. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






28. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






30. 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






31. Words that imitate sounds






32. A detective who follows a trail






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






34. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






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






38. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






39. An account of the author's personal experiences






40. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






41. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






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






45. The totality of surrounding conditions






46. 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






47. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






48. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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