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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary
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Subjects
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english
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6th-grade
,
common-core
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A history of a word
epilogue
epilogue
inductive reasoning
etymology
2. The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
mystery
inference
time
plot
3. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
protagonist
suspect
witness
victim
4. Words that imitate sounds
onomatopeia
suspect
legacy
evidence
5. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
memoir
simile
deductive reasoning
etymology
6. The totality of surrounding conditions
deductive reasoning
alibi
inductive reasoning
environment
7. The sequence of events in a literary work
epilogue
alibi
onomatopeia
plot
8. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
interview
victim
meter
investigator
9. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
aliteration
red herring
onomatopeia
antagonist
10. Someone who investigates
sleuth
time
inductive reasoning
investigator
11. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
epilogue
metaphor
alibi
protagonist
12. Someone who investigates
protagonist
simile
investigator
problem solving
13. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
deductive reasoning
problem solving
interview
sleuth
14. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witness
memoir
time
red herring
15. Words that imitate sounds
environment
onomatopeia
realism
victim
16. A series of words using the same beginning letters
witness
aliteration
time
onomatopeia
17. Regard as untrustworthy
deductive reasoning
suspect
problem solving
red herring
18. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
victim
simile
idiom
lore
19. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
problem solving
interview
inference
alibi
20. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
problem solving
lore
meter
imagery
21. A detective who follows a trail
sleuth
lore
witness
suspect
22. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
meter
simile
red herring
witness
23. The main character - who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict
epilogue
time
inference
protagonist
24. A series of words using the same beginning letters
meter
environment
aliteration
etymology
25. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
onomatopeia
inductive reasoning
idiom
mystery
26. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings - thoughts - or attitudes
personification
idiom
investigator
epilogue
27. Your basis for belief or disbelief
evidence
lore
red herring
legacy
28. The ability to form mental images of things or events
imagery
deductive reasoning
legacy
witness
29. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
lore
environment
imagery
inductive reasoning
30. An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
meter
idiom
witness
meter
31. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
idiom
metaphor
aliteration
lore
32. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
investigator
plot
red herring
deductive reasoning
33. Regard as untrustworthy
inference
suspect
mystery
realism
34. What a person leaves behind when he or she dies
legacy
investigator
inductive reasoning
sleuth
35. The ability to form mental images of things or events
mystery
deductive reasoning
interview
imagery
36. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
metaphor
mystery
evidence
plot
37. The character who works against the protagonist in the story
antagonist
idiom
mystery
suspect
38. The sequence of events in a literary work
mystery
red herring
deductive reasoning
plot
39. The thought processes involved in solving a problem
problem solving
etymology
realism
environment
40. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
alibi
inductive reasoning
interview
inductive reasoning
41. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
inductive reasoning
memoir
epilogue
time
42. Your basis for belief or disbelief
plot
legacy
witness
evidence
43. The totality of surrounding conditions
meter
inference
realism
environment
44. A history of a word
lore
plot
investigator
etymology
45. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
suspect
epilogue
antagonist
investigator
46. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
etymology
deductive reasoning
alibi
metaphor
47. An account of the author's personal experiences
memoir
idiom
onomatopeia
aliteration
48. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
personification
protagonist
deductive reasoning
victim
49. Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
suspect
etymology
red herring
epilogue
50. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
plot
idiom
mystery
interview