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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse






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






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






4. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






5. A detective who follows a trail






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






7. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






10. 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






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






12. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






14. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






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






17. Someone who investigates






18. Words that imitate sounds






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






20. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






21. Someone who investigates






22. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






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






27. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






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






31. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






32. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






33. Words that imitate sounds






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






35. The sequence of events in a literary work






36. A detective who follows a trail






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






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






39. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






40. A series of words using the same beginning letters






41. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






42. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






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






46. 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






47. A history of a word






48. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






50. 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