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