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