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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies






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






3. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






4. An account of the author's personal experiences






5. The sequence of events in a literary work






6. 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






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






8. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






10. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






11. 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






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






13. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






14. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






18. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






19. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






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






24. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






26. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






27. A history of a word






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






29. Words that imitate sounds






30. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






32. 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






33. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






34. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






37. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






39. A detective who follows a trail






40. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






41. Regard as untrustworthy






42. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






43. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






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






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






49. Your basis for belief or disbelief






50. A series of words using the same beginning letters