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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






3. Words that imitate sounds






4. 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






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






6. Someone who investigates






7. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






8. Words that imitate sounds






9. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






10. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






13. Regard as untrustworthy






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






15. A series of words using the same beginning letters






16. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. A detective who follows a trail






26. An account of the author's personal experiences






27. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






28. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






30. The sequence of events in a literary work






31. The sequence of events in a literary work






32. 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






33. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






34. A history of a word






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






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






37. The totality of surrounding conditions






38. A detective who follows a trail






39. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






40. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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