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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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






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






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






4. The totality of surrounding conditions






5. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






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






9. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






11. A detective who follows a trail






12. Your basis for belief or disbelief






13. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






15. Regard as untrustworthy






16. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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






18. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






20. A history of a word






21. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






22. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






24. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






34. The totality of surrounding conditions






35. Someone who investigates






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






37. Words that imitate sounds






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






39. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






40. Regard as untrustworthy






41. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






42. 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






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. Words that imitate sounds






45. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






47. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






49. An account of the author's personal experiences






50. An account of the author's personal experiences