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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies






2. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






6. Your basis for belief or disbelief






7. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






8. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






9. 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






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






11. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






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






15. The sequence of events in a literary work






16. 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






17. 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






18. Words that imitate sounds






19. A detective who follows a trail






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






21. Your basis for belief or disbelief






22. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






26. Words that imitate sounds






27. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






28. A history of a word






29. A history of a word






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






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






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






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






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






35. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






36. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






37. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






40. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






43. Someone who investigates






44. A detective who follows a trail






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






46. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






47. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






48. Someone who investigates






49. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






50. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance