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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






3. 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






4. Your basis for belief or disbelief






5. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






6. Regard as untrustworthy






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






8. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






10. Your basis for belief or disbelief






11. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






12. 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






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






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






15. A history of a word






16. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






19. Someone who investigates






20. A detective who follows a trail






21. Words that imitate sounds






22. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Regard as untrustworthy






30. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






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






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






35. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






37. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






38. Words that imitate sounds






39. Someone who investigates






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






41. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






42. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






43. An account of the author's personal experiences






44. A series of words using the same beginning letters






45. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






47. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






48. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






50. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance