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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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1. The sequence of events in a literary work






2. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






3. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






6. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






7. The sequence of events in a literary work






8. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






10. An account of the author's personal experiences






11. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






12. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






15. A history of a word






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






17. Someone who investigates






18. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






20. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






22. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






24. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






27. A history of a word






28. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






30. A detective who follows a trail






31. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






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






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






36. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






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






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






42. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






43. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






44. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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