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Context Clues Review

Authored by Jessica Grima

English

3rd - 10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Context Clues Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

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

a homonym

a synonym

an antonym

an explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?

Look for clues in the text

Skip it and keep reading

Look it up in a dictionary

Ask the teacher what it means

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Type of context clue that has a similar/same meaning as unfamiliar word

Antonym

Synonym

Explanation

Example

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Which type of context clue provides an opposite definition of the unfamiliar word?

synonym

antonym

example

explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Which type of context clue often provides a list of sample descriptions of the unfamiliar word?

synonym

antonym

explanation

example

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

What type of context clue that provides the meaning of unfamiliar words that can be inferred or guessed from the description of the situation?

Cause & Effect clue

INFERENCE / reasoning

EXPLANATION/ Example clue

DEFINITION/ statement clue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

What are context clues?

clues in the the text that help the reader identify the theme

Clues in the the text that help the reader identify the main idea

clues in the text that help the reader define unfamiliar words

clues in the text that help the reader identify the plot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

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