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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past






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






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






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 series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






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






9. Words that imitate sounds






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






11. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






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






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






14. The totality of surrounding conditions






15. A history of a word






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






17. Regard as untrustworthy






18. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






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. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






21. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






23. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






24. The sequence of events in a literary work






25. A series of words using the same beginning letters






26. 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






27. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






28. Words that imitate sounds






29. A history of a word






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






31. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






32. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






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






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






35. Someone who investigates






36. 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






37. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






39. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






42. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies






47. A detective who follows a trail






48. Your basis for belief or disbelief






49. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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