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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






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






6. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






8. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






10. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






11. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






13. Your basis for belief or disbelief






14. A history of a word






15. The totality of surrounding conditions






16. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






18. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






20. Someone who investigates






21. A series of words using the same beginning letters






22. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






24. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






26. Words that imitate sounds






27. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Words that imitate sounds






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






34. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






36. Regard as untrustworthy






37. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






38. Your basis for belief or disbelief






39. 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






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






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 history of a word






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






44. 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






45. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






47. Someone who investigates






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






49. An account of the author's personal experiences






50. A detective who follows a trail






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