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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)






2. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






3. A detective who follows a trail






4. A detective who follows a trail






5. Someone who investigates






6. The totality of surrounding conditions






7. 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






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






9. The sequence of events in a literary work






10. 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






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






12. The sequence of events in a literary work






13. The totality of surrounding conditions






14. A history of a word






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






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






17. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






19. 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






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






21. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






23. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






26. Words that imitate sounds






27. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






30. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






32. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






35. Regard as untrustworthy






36. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






39. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






41. A history of a word






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






43. An account of the author's personal experiences






44. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






46. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






47. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






49. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






50. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote