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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






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






5. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






7. Regard as untrustworthy






8. 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






9. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






13. The totality of surrounding conditions






14. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






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






18. Regard as untrustworthy






19. Your basis for belief or disbelief






20. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






21. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






24. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






25. A history of a word






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






27. 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






28. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






32. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






34. The sequence of events in a literary work






35. A history of a word






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






37. The totality of surrounding conditions






38. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






39. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






40. The sequence of events in a literary work






41. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






43. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






46. A series of words using the same beginning letters






47. Someone who investigates






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






49. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






50. 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