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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






2. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






4. 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






5. A history of a word






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






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






8. Someone who investigates






9. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






12. The sequence of events in a literary work






13. Your basis for belief or disbelief






14. Someone who investigates






15. A history of a word






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






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






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






19. 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






20. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






22. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






23. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






25. A detective who follows a trail






26. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






29. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






30. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






33. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






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






37. Your basis for belief or disbelief






38. A series of words using the same beginning letters






39. An account of the author's personal experiences






40. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






43. 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






44. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






47. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






50. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened







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