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Context Clues

Authored by Maddie C

English

6th - 7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Context Clues
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is an antonym context clue?

A word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another.

A word or group of words that has the same meaning.

An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words.

A word or group of words that has the opposite meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.4A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Context clues CANNOT be found in a different sentence than the word.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.8.4A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a word structure context clue allow us to do?

Evaluating other words somewhere in the sentence that has a similar meaning to the unknown word.

Analyze the parts of the word to determine the meaning. This includes looking at the origin, root word, prefixes, and suffixes.

Change the meaning of the word by rearranging the sentence to meet the proper structure.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Select all that apply: For synonym context clues, the author may use signal words or phrases like...

sometimes called

instead

never

in other words

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

All of these strategies can be used to determine an unknown word, EXCEPT:

Word structure context clues

Prediction context clues

Example/Inference context clues

Definition context clues

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What does the underlined word mean?

"The hikers hoped to reach the summit of the mountain by noon."

shadow

rest area

top

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which is an example of a synonym context clue?

Joe begged his mom to let him stay up a wee bit later- only a few minutes.

The men were exhausted after toiling in the dark mines all day. To toil means to work.

Unlike the slow-moving creek near the park, this river had a swift current.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

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