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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






2. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






5. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






6. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






9. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






11. A detective who follows a trail






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






13. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






15. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






16. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






17. A history of a word






18. 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






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






20. A detective who follows a trail






21. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






23. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






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






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






28. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






30. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






33. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






35. The totality of surrounding conditions






36. 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






37. Someone who investigates






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






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






40. 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






41. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






43. The totality of surrounding conditions






44. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






47. A history of a word






48. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






49. Someone who investigates






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