City of Ember Vocabulary and context clues!

The collar of my coat was frayed.

• soft fabric
• busy
• unraveled or worn at the edge
• walking slowly

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Her hands were clasped around her knees.

• drop something
• hold tightly
• to hit your hands together
• to lift up

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Every cranny was filled with sand.

• a small, narrow space or opening
• a large, wide space or opening
• a suitcase
  an old woman
• a tree root

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

I heard her utter under her breath as she walked by.

• a soft sound made by fabric
• whistling
• crying sound
• to make a sound with your voice

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Her skirt rustled as she walked.

• to fall off
• made a soft, muffled, crackling sound
• to rip apart
• to stick together
  stealing something

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

The family business continues to prosper.

• to turn off the lights
• to dig underground
• to succeed in material terms
• to run a race

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

I can't stand the suspense.

• a feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
• a feeling of complete happiness
• a feeling of sadness
• a feeling of complete anger

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Mom will scold you for leaving your dishes on the counter.

• to thank someone
• to laugh with someone
• to reprimand, or punish, someone
• to give someone an allowance

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

I could hear him approach because of his corduroy pants.

• a thin slippery fabric
• a plastic fabric
• a furry fabric
• a thick cotton fabric with velvety ribs

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

He became the subject of much local gossip.

• conversation about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true
• laughing at something funny that someone does
• helping someone out
• donating things from your house to someone

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1