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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A short passage added at the end of a literary work






2. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






3. A detective who follows a trail






4. Words that imitate sounds






5. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






8. A series of words using the same beginning letters






9. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






10. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






11. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






12. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






15. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






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






19. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






22. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






24. Regard as untrustworthy






25. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






27. Someone who investigates






28. A series of words using the same beginning letters






29. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






31. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






33. A history of a word






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






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






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






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






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. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






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






43. Regard as untrustworthy






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






45. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






46. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






47. The totality of surrounding conditions






48. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






50. The thought processes involved in solving a problem