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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






2. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






3. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






4. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






6. 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






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






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






9. A detective who follows a trail






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






11. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






12. An account of the author's personal experiences






13. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






14. A series of words using the same beginning letters






15. Someone who investigates






16. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






19. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






21. 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






22. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






25. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






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






29. Regard as untrustworthy






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






31. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






33. A history of a word






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






35. The totality of surrounding conditions






36. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






38. 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






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






40. An account of the author's personal experiences






41. A series of words using the same beginning letters






42. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






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






46. Regard as untrustworthy






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






48. Words that imitate sounds






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






50. Words that imitate sounds