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Sixth Grade Common Core Vocabulary

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)






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






3. Someone who investigates






4. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






5. 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






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






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






8. An account of the author's personal experiences






9. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






10. A detective who follows a trail






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






12. A detective who follows a trail






13. A series of words using the same beginning letters






14. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






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






16. Someone who investigates






17. A series of words using the same beginning letters






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






19. A history of a word






20. An account of the author's personal experiences






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






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






23. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






25. Regard as untrustworthy






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






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






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






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






30. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote






31. Regard as untrustworthy






32. The thought processes involved in solving a problem






33. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






36. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






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






38. Your basis for belief or disbelief






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






40. Words that imitate sounds






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






42. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened






43. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance






44. The sequence of events in a literary work






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






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






47. The totality of surrounding conditions






48. 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






49. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained






50. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles