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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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1. A series of words using the same beginning letters






2. 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






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






4. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






7. A detective who follows a trail






8. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






10. Someone who investigates






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






12. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






13. 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






14. The totality of surrounding conditions






15. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






16. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






19. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






23. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






25. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






27. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






28. A series of words using the same beginning letters






29. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






30. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






33. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






34. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






36. Words that imitate sounds






37. Regard as untrustworthy






38. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. The sequence of events in a literary work






47. 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






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






49. Someone who investigates






50. A history of a word