Context Clues

It would be a mammoth task to write and illustrate a book about the Rocky Mountains.

• a furry elephant

• easy

• huge

• boring

Robert thought that the comparison of the Rocky Mountains to a backbone was apt. It helped him form an accurate image of the mountain range.

• accurate

• comparison

• bad

• image

Colorado contains the highest and most dramatic, or striking, peaks in the Rocky Mountains, with 58 peaks over 14,000 feet high.

• mountainous

• striking

• populated

• coldest

Because of one explorer, John Frémont, who carefully mapped out the Rocky Mountains, the first accurate maps of the West were made.

• careful

• unscientific

• helpful

• discovered

Explorers cut trails through the treacherous and rough terrain of the Rockies.

• dangerous

• open

• disloyal

• flat

Animals live in DIVERSE and varied communities. What is the meaning of the word DIVERSE?

• very different

• the same

• weird

• muggy

Comparing something opposite is using what type of clues?

• antonyms

• synonyms

• examples

• definitions

What type of context clues use similar words to help with the meaning of an unknown word?

• antonyms

• synonyms

• examples

• definitions

Telling what a word means within the sentence is an example of what type of context clue?

• antonym

• synonym

• example

• definition

We thought that Mrs. Kerner would be very DISTRAUGHT when told that Antonio broke Ms.Pate's pointer; however, she took the news very calmly. What does the word DISTRAUGHT mean?

• upset

• happy

• calmly

• neutral