Types of Context Clues

Leslie's eyes narrowed. "I can expunge her name from this list." She used the mouse to highlight Jennifer Moody's name, and then she pushed the delete key. "There. It's like her name was never even here."

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Stagnant water can become a breeding ground for mosquitoes that transmit diseases. Stagnant water is motionless. It is water that doesn't move or flow.

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Twelve-year-old Joey could think of nothing more insipid than attending his younger sister's 2 hour piano recital except for watching her 4-hour dance recital.

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

"I can't believe you believed those spurious rumors about me!" Sydney cried. "Not one of them was true!"

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

When Beckett learned he needed to have another surgery, and that he'd never be able to play football again, he fell into the doldrums and refused to visit with his friends.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

When the kindergarten teacher split her students into two groups for the field trip, she assigned all of the docile students to the parent volunteer, and she kept the more challenging students for herself.

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

Citizens of the United States have certain unalienable rights. These are rights that cannot be taken away.

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Everyone likes to be around Rey because of his blithe spirit. In fact, his cheerful attitude is rather contagious!

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

Many citizens decided to boycott the supermarket because they didn't agree with the owner's comments. When a group boycotts, they stop doing something in order to protest.

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

"The tuba is such a corpulent instrument. I wish you would consider playing something small and light, like the flute," said my mom.

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A