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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 the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)






2. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






3. The totality of surrounding conditions






4. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






5. The totality of surrounding conditions






6. An account of the author's personal experiences






7. 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






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






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






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






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. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






14. A detective who follows a trail






15. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






16. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






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






20. Words that imitate sounds






21. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






22. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






25. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






26. Regard as untrustworthy






27. Regard as untrustworthy






28. 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






29. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






30. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






33. Your basis for belief or disbelief






34. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






35. 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






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






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






38. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






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






42. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






46. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






47. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






50. Someone who investigates