CONTEXT CLUES

What do you call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

• Explanation

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Homonym

What do you call a word that has the same or similar meaning of another word?

• antonym

• homonym

• restatement

• synonym

If you have trouble understanding a word in a passage or sentence of a story, you may want to read previous words or the end of the sentence to determine what the word means. What is this strategy known as?

• text messaging

• context clues

• content origins

• scanning

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What type of context clue?

I got in trouble for not telling the truth last night and Mom REVOKED all my privileges. For example, I can't hang out with my friends until next week!

• An Explanation or an Example is given

• Antonym - a word that has an opposite meaning

• Synonym - a word that has a similar meaning

• Inference - you have to put clues together

What type of context clue?

Sometimes studying for math tests feels FUTILE, or useless, because my scores don't seem to get better.

• An Explanation or an Example is given

• Antonym - a word that has an opposite meaning

• Synonym - a word that has a similar meaning

• Inference - you have to put clues together

What type of context clue?

Unlike my BOISTEROUS older brother, I always wake up exhausted in the morning.

• An Explanation or an Example is given

• Antonym - a word that has an opposite meaning

• Synonym - a word that has a similar meaning

• Inference - you have to put clues together

A context clue that explains the word's meaning is a ___________ context clue.

• Inference

• Synonym

• Example

• Definition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What type of context clue is underlined in the following sentence?

Celestial bodies, such as the sun, moon, and stars are part of our solar system.

• definition

• antonym

• example

• inference

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

When he didn’t understand the instructions, the student asked the teacher to clarify them.

• remove

• explain

• call

• stop

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Based on the context clues in the passage below, eliminate means ________________.

Please eliminate the blank lines between the pictures. They were not supposed to be there.

• Color

• Find

• Add

• Delete

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4