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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






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






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






8. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






11. Words that imitate sounds






12. A detective who follows a trail






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






14. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






18. Words that imitate sounds






19. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






20. The totality of surrounding conditions






21. A history of a word






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






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






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






25. 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






26. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






27. Someone who investigates






28. 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






29. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






33. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






35. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






38. Regard as untrustworthy






39. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






41. The totality of surrounding conditions






42. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






43. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






46. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






48. Someone who investigates






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






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