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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies






2. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






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






5. Regard as untrustworthy






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






7. The totality of surrounding conditions






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






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






10. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






13. An account of the author's personal experiences






14. Your basis for belief or disbelief






15. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






17. Words that imitate sounds






18. A detective who follows a trail






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






20. The sequence of events in a literary work






21. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






22. 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






23. 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






24. Someone who investigates






25. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






27. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






29. The totality of surrounding conditions






30. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






31. A detective who follows a trail






32. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






33. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles






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






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






36. Someone who investigates






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






38. 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






39. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






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






42. Words that imitate sounds






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






44. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






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






47. A history of a word






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






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






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