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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)






2. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






3. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






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






8. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






11. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






12. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






14. Your basis for belief or disbelief






15. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






23. A history of a word






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






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






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






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






28. A series of words using the same beginning letters






29. 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






30. A detective who follows a trail






31. The totality of surrounding conditions






32. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






33. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






35. Words that imitate sounds






36. A detective who follows a trail






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






38. Someone who investigates






39. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






41. 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






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






43. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






45. An account of the author's personal experiences






46. 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






47. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






49. A history of a word






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