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