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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A detective who follows a trail






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






3. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






4. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






6. Someone who investigates






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






8. 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






9. A detective who follows a trail






10. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






11. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






12. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






14. A history of a word






15. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






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






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






19. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






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






24. Words that imitate sounds






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






26. Words that imitate sounds






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






28. The sequence of events in a literary work






29. Regard as untrustworthy






30. Your basis for belief or disbelief






31. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






33. 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






34. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






35. 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






36. A history of a word






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






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






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






40. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






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






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






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






46. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






48. An account of the author's personal experiences






49. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






50. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote