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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)






2. The totality of surrounding conditions






3. Someone who investigates






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






5. A history of a word






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






7. 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






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






9. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






10. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






11. A series of words using the same beginning letters






12. A detective who follows a trail






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






14. A history of a word






15. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






19. Your basis for belief or disbelief






20. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






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






24. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






25. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






28. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






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






32. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






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






36. The sequence of events in a literary work






37. Your basis for belief or disbelief






38. 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






39. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






41. 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






42. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






43. Regard as untrustworthy






44. A series of words using the same beginning letters






45. Words that imitate sounds






46. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






49. Words that imitate sounds






50. An account of the author's personal experiences