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






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






3. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






5. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






7. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






10. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






14. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






15. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






16. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






17. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






20. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






22. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






24. Words that imitate sounds






25. Regard as untrustworthy






26. Your basis for belief or disbelief






27. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






29. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






30. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






33. The sequence of events in a literary work






34. 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






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






36. A history of a word






37. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






38. A series of words using the same beginning letters






39. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






42. A detective who follows a trail






43. Someone who investigates






44. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






45. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Regard as untrustworthy