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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 ability to form mental images of things or events






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






3. A series of words using the same beginning letters






4. Words that imitate sounds






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






6. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






7. Regard as untrustworthy






8. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






9. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






14. Someone who investigates






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






16. Words that imitate sounds






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






18. A detective who follows a trail






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






20. 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






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






22. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






24. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






25. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






27. Regard as untrustworthy






28. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






30. The totality of surrounding conditions






31. 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






32. A history of a word






33. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






34. Someone who investigates






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






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






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






38. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






39. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






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






43. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






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






48. A detective who follows a trail






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






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