Context Clues

The iceman, with a burlap or leather pad protecting his shoulder, would hoist a block weighing up to 100 pounds.

• lift

• sell

• carve

• locate

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Managers of some public lands now understand the importance of fire in the cycles of nature. When a lightning fire poses no danger to people or buildings, some public agencies now let it burn. Many forests that have not been allowed to burn for decades contain dangerous amounts of fuel. A lightning strike in such a forest could lead to a big, hot, dangerous fire. Suppressing fire in other environments, such as grasslands, has also led to undesirable changes. The best answer to these problems appears to be to fight fire with fire. Land managers use prescribed fire, carefully planned burns that bring about desirable changes.

Which words from the text best help the reader understand the meaning of 36 “suppressing”

• “now understand the importance of fire”

• “carefully planned burns”

• “have not been allowed to burn”

• “a lightning fire poses no danger”

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

More than eighty years of fire suppression has changed these forests dramatically. Now they are overcrowded with Douglas fir and prone to superhot fires that can kill older trees and sterilize the soil, making regrowth take years longer. Such hot, intense fires are also more dangerous to firefighters.

• likely

• useful

• starting

• existing

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

“He was friendly, in a treacherous sort of way, smiling into one’s face the while he meditated some underhand trick, as, for instance, when he stole from Buck’s food at the first meal. . . .

” Which word is a synonym for treacherous?

• confusing

• deceiving

• persuasive

• dangerous

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CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

In the redwood forests of California, the redwood trees are the dominant living plants. The canopy of shade that these giant trees provide makes it extremely difficult for many other plants to grow alongside them

What does dominant mean?

• surviving

• crowded

• growing

• superior

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Although the players were discouraged after their season-long losing streak, Coach Jensen vowed they would rise from the ashes to win the championship next season.

What does rise from the ashes mean?

• improve through extensive practice

• come back after seeming lost or dead

• played through the game and came out covered in dirt

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Determined to outshine his competition, Diego flew too close to the sun when he performed a double back handspring without warming up, causing him to sprain his wrist.

What does Flew too close to the sun mean?

• He became overly ambitious

• He became overheated

• He got into trouble

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

You're as cold as ice; you're willing to sacrifice our love.

—Foreigner, "Cold as Ice"

What does cold as ice most likely mean?

• It is about someone who is extreme

• It is about someone who doesn't care

• It is about someone who has a bad temper

• It is about someone who is melodramtic

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"That fits you well," Joe remarked after Tisha's cap fell over her eyes for the tenth time.

What is meant by the quote, "that fits you well" as used in the text?

• It looked good on her

• It was too big for her

• It was a perfect fit

• It was too small for her.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

It was the early afternoon of a sunshiny day with little winds playing hide-and-seek in it.

What does the highlighted phrase mean?

• The wind was blowing intensely

• There was no wind

• There was very little wind

• There were occasional gust of wind

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4