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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 detailed facts to general principles






2. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






3. Words that imitate sounds






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






5. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






7. Your basis for belief or disbelief






8. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






9. Regard as untrustworthy






10. Regard as untrustworthy






11. The totality of surrounding conditions






12. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






13. A history of a word






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






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






16. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






18. 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






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






20. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






21. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






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






26. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






29. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






30. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






32. 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






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






34. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






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






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






39. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






41. A history of a word






42. The totality of surrounding conditions






43. Words that imitate sounds






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






45. Someone who investigates






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






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






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






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






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