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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth






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






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






4. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






7. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






8. A detective who follows a trail






9. A history of a word






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






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






12. The sequence of events in a literary work






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. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






16. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






17. Regard as untrustworthy






18. Someone who investigates






19. 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






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






21. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






22. Your basis for belief or disbelief






23. A history of a word






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






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






26. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






27. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






29. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






30. Words that imitate sounds






31. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






32. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






36. Someone who investigates






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






38. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






42. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






44. A series of words using the same beginning letters






45. The totality of surrounding conditions






46. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






47. An account of the author's personal experiences






48. 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






49. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






50. Your basis for belief or disbelief