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Unit 4 Context Clues

Authored by Christine McLaughlin

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Unit 4 Context Clues
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The state legislators voted to annul the out-of-date law, so it will no longer need to be followed.

What does annul mean?

To declare constitutional

To declare open

To declare invalid; no longer legal

:)

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

After going on eight different cruises, I am blasé about the whole cruise experience.

What does blasé mean?

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When you write a research paper, you should always use relevant facts to bolster, not weaken, your argument.

What does bolster mean?

To tear down, destroy

:)

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Teachers deplore student behaviors that distract from the lesson.

What does deplore mean?

To disapprove of

To encourage and support

:)

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The police will only help serious cases; they have no time for frivolous arguments about balloons at a party.

What does frivolous mean?

Not important, silly

Serious and intense

:)

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

You will need to muster your courage before riding the huge rollercoaster.

What does muster mean?

To clean up, tidy

To push down, retreat

To summon, gather

:)

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

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

We may not be movie stars, but we did not deserve to be treated like dirt and as nonentities by the director.

What does nonentity mean?

Ghosts, spirits

People of no importance

Celebrities, the elite

:)

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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