6th ELA Context Clues Vocab

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What does the word scale mean in the following sentence? Weeks after the eruption, scientists wanted to scale Mount St. Helens for soil samples.

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to climb or ascend

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What does the word scale mean in the following sentence? The musicians used a jazz scale in their song about frogs.

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a range of musical notes

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How should sentence 1 be written to show correct capitalization use? (1) Ms. eliza Warner at Rock valley school is the best teacher I ever had.

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Ms. Eliza Warner at Rock Valley School is the best teacher I ever had.

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How should sentence 15 be written to show the correct use of pronoun person? (15) When the students are studying science, you often get confused about them.

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When the students are studying science, they often get confused about it.

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How should sentence 17 be written to show correct capitalization? (17) She often brings in special speakers, like dr. yao Lee from Mercy hospital, to explain the importance of science.

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She often brings in special speakers, like Dr. Yao Lee from Mercy Hospital, to explain the importance of science.

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Select the word that best defines illustrate as it is used in the sentence: From this first flag to the current one, the American flag has changed to illustrate changes in our country.

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reflect

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Identify the best meaning of the word transformation in this sentence from the text: I used to wonder what caused this yearly transformation, and then finally I learned about this in my science class.

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a gradual modification (change)

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Which of the following is the BEST way to rewrite the two sentences below to make one compound sentence? (27) Do they want to be adventurous and see the great outdoors? (28) Do they want to spend time with the family while relaxing by the pool?

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Do they want to be adventurous and see the great outdoors, or do they want to spend time with the family while relaxing in the pool?

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Look at the topic sentence of the essay. Which of the following is a BETTER way to write "fun types of things"? They are both fun types of things, however, they are quite different from each other.

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enjoyable kinds of travel

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Which of the following is an example of theme? Love, Power, Family, Good will always win against evil.

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Good will always win against evil.