Using Context Clues

No matter where you go, the Internet is following you. Almost every portable device is being made with an Internet connection. Most new TVs and many other appliances come with Internet connections as well. The Internet is truly ubiquitous. If something is ubiquitous, __________.

• it is fuzzy

• it is everywhere

• it costs too much money

• it causes rashes

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Most of America's Founding Fathers did not believe in women's suffrage. Only men could vote in the United states until 1920. What is “suffrage” ?

• Something that causes physical pain.

• An early flag.

• Skirts that did not cover ankles.

• The right to vote.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

No word must ever leak out about this military action! It has to be a clandestine operation in order to succeed. Which word is a synonym of "clandestine"?

• Family

• Useful

• Dangerous

• Secret

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Put this medicine on your arm and rub it into your skin until it's invisible. It will inhibit, or block the infection's attempt to spread. What does “inhibit” mean?

• Live in a certain place

• Block or slow down

• Itch or burn

• Help to do something important

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

When your plan brings us great wealth, you will be rewarded for your sagacity.

• Beauty

• Mistakes

• Intelligence

• Appetite

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Define synonym.

• A word or phrase that has the exact or similar meaning to another word or phrase.

• A word opposite in meaning to another word.

• A statement of the exact meaning of a word.

• A conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning.

• A thing or characteristic of its kind.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Define Inference.

• A word or phrase that has the exact or similar meaning to another word or phrase.

• A word opposite in meaning to another word.

• A statement of the exact meaning of a word.

• A conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning.

• A thing or characteristic of its kind.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Define example.

• A word or phrase that has the exact or similar meaning to another word or phrase.

• A word opposite in meaning to another word.

• A word opposite in meaning to another word.

• A conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning.

• A thing or characteristic of its kind.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Define definition.

• A word or phrase that has the exact or similar meaning to another word or phrase.

• A word opposite in meaning to another word.

• A statement of the exact meaning of a word.

• A conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning.

• A thing or characteristic of its kind.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define antonym.

• A word or phrase that has the exact or similar meaning to another word or phrase.

• A word opposite in meaning to another word.

• A statement of the exact meaning of a word.

• A conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning.

• A thing or characteristic of its kind.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D