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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






3. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






4. Someone who investigates






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






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






7. Your basis for belief or disbelief






8. The sequence of events in a literary work






9. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






12. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






13. 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






14. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






16. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






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






21. A history of a word






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






23. The totality of surrounding conditions






24. A history of a word






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






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






27. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






28. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






29. The totality of surrounding conditions






30. A series of words using the same beginning letters






31. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






32. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






35. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






37. Words that imitate sounds






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






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






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






43. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






44. A detective who follows a trail






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






46. Someone who investigates






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






48. An account of the author's personal experiences






49. Regard as untrustworthy






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