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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary
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Subjects
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english
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6th-grade
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common-core
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
epilogue
meter
protagonist
inductive reasoning
2. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
inference
red herring
lore
problem solving
3. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
time
mystery
memoir
lore
4. 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
plot
inference
alibi
idiom
5. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
interview
victim
etymology
protagonist
6. Words that imitate sounds
meter
interview
personification
onomatopeia
7. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
aliteration
victim
etymology
time
8. 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
problem solving
memoir
metaphor
time
9. A detective who follows a trail
sleuth
interview
environment
idiom
10. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
environment
memoir
red herring
simile
11. Your basis for belief or disbelief
evidence
investigator
suspect
sleuth
12. A series of words using the same beginning letters
sleuth
aliteration
realism
suspect
13. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
antagonist
deductive reasoning
inference
witness
14. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
interview
lore
mystery
time
15. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
investigator
evidence
realism
evidence
16. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
investigator
lore
sleuth
aliteration
17. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
etymology
interview
problem solving
legacy
18. The sequence of events in a literary work
interview
lore
plot
epilogue
19. A series of words using the same beginning letters
metaphor
inference
aliteration
deductive reasoning
20. Regard as untrustworthy
time
imagery
investigator
suspect
21. 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
inference
memoir
meter
inductive reasoning
22. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
personification
realism
protagonist
simile
23. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
personification
plot
inference
protagonist
24. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
epilogue
realism
victim
onomatopeia
25. The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
realism
idiom
epilogue
etymology
26. Someone who investigates
environment
interview
meter
investigator
27. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
inductive reasoning
red herring
evidence
plot
28. The totality of surrounding conditions
epilogue
environment
deductive reasoning
metaphor
29. An account of the author's personal experiences
memoir
suspect
legacy
alibi
30. Someone who investigates
investigator
deductive reasoning
protagonist
inductive reasoning
31. The ability to form mental images of things or events
investigator
investigator
imagery
red herring
32. Words that imitate sounds
onomatopeia
epilogue
antagonist
legacy
33. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
mystery
inference
realism
environment
34. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
aliteration
time
protagonist
memoir
35. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
interview
imagery
evidence
mystery
36. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
etymology
interview
victim
idiom
37. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witness
idiom
metaphor
antagonist
38. A detective who follows a trail
protagonist
sleuth
inference
alibi
39. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
sleuth
problem solving
meter
simile
40. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
interview
investigator
lore
victim
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
antagonist
problem solving
metaphor
time
42. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
time
antagonist
epilogue
inductive reasoning
43. Your basis for belief or disbelief
environment
protagonist
evidence
epilogue
44. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
evidence
etymology
interview
witness
45. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
plot
epilogue
antagonist
deductive reasoning
46. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
deductive reasoning
realism
inference
red herring
47. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
memoir
environment
personification
onomatopeia
48. The sequence of events in a literary work
realism
protagonist
simile
plot
49. An account of the author's personal experiences
protagonist
memoir
environment
inference
50. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
problem solving
sleuth
onomatopeia
antagonist