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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary
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Subjects
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english
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6th-grade
,
common-core
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
plot
time
witness
interview
2. The sequence of events in a literary work
legacy
inductive reasoning
personification
plot
3. The sequence of events in a literary work
investigator
memoir
imagery
plot
4. The totality of surrounding conditions
environment
epilogue
problem solving
realism
5. The ability to form mental images of things or events
victim
mystery
imagery
etymology
6. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
memoir
interview
alibi
simile
7. 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
inference
time
simile
witness
8. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
red herring
personification
alibi
legacy
9. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
suspect
protagonist
witness
inductive reasoning
10. A history of a word
etymology
mystery
deductive reasoning
red herring
11. Someone who investigates
mystery
investigator
plot
evidence
12. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
time
antagonist
time
sleuth
13. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
personification
red herring
lore
onomatopeia
14. The ability to form mental images of things or events
lore
realism
imagery
evidence
15. 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
metaphor
mystery
inference
imagery
16. Regard as untrustworthy
protagonist
personification
victim
suspect
17. A series of words using the same beginning letters
inference
legacy
plot
aliteration
18. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
time
personification
lore
onomatopeia
19. A detective who follows a trail
inductive reasoning
realism
victim
sleuth
20. An account of the author's personal experiences
protagonist
time
environment
memoir
21. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
realism
evidence
lore
simile
22. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
plot
problem solving
time
alibi
23. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
time
aliteration
victim
meter
24. Your basis for belief or disbelief
evidence
inference
deductive reasoning
inference
25. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
sleuth
simile
epilogue
problem solving
26. Someone who investigates
sleuth
investigator
interview
time
27. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
victim
witness
evidence
inductive reasoning
28. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
inductive reasoning
protagonist
personification
problem solving
29. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
epilogue
antagonist
onomatopeia
witness
30. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
imagery
suspect
problem solving
mystery
31. Words that imitate sounds
inference
inference
mystery
onomatopeia
32. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
red herring
victim
suspect
meter
33. 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
time
lore
metaphor
lore
34. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
idiom
personification
mystery
inference
35. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
investigator
interview
plot
deductive reasoning
36. Your basis for belief or disbelief
lore
evidence
meter
time
37. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
suspect
realism
protagonist
onomatopeia
38. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
etymology
witness
imagery
protagonist
39. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
etymology
idiom
lore
time
40. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
personification
etymology
antagonist
lore
41. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
metaphor
mystery
inference
lore
42. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
etymology
problem solving
interview
realism
43. An account of the author's personal experiences
legacy
suspect
inference
memoir
44. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
protagonist
etymology
personification
aliteration
45. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
interview
etymology
problem solving
red herring
46. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
onomatopeia
antagonist
alibi
sleuth
47. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
interview
mystery
antagonist
alibi
48. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
environment
environment
problem solving
realism
49. Regard as untrustworthy
plot
suspect
alibi
deductive reasoning
50. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
simile
evidence
deductive reasoning
epilogue