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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A history of a word






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






3. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






4. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






7. The totality of surrounding conditions






8. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






9. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






12. Words that imitate sounds






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






14. Your basis for belief or disbelief






15. 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






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






17. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






18. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






19. Regard as untrustworthy






20. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






21. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






23. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






25. Words that imitate sounds






26. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






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






30. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






33. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






34. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






35. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






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






39. A series of words using the same beginning letters






40. A history of a word






41. Your basis for belief or disbelief






42. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened