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Context Clues Multiple Choice Questions

Authored by Nicole Craig

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Context Clues Multiple Choice Questions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What does "eloquence" refer to in communication?

A poem of serious reflection

Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing

Twisted to one side, crooked

Formal and dignified

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

How would you use the term "instill" in a sentence?

Bold and determined speaking

To summon forth gradually

To introduce gradually in order to establish securely

To continue to stay; delay leaving

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

How would you use the term "strew" in a sentence?

Twisted to one side, crooked

Spread by scattering

Bold and determined

To do something lawfully

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Define the verb "linger" in the context of behavior.

To summon forth

Without reduction in intensity

To continue to stay; delay leaving

Spread by scattering

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What does it mean to "dispel" something?

To summon forth

To coax or persuade through flattery

Do away with, cancel, erase

Spread by scattering

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

How would you describe someone who is "sullen"?

Formal and dignified

Bold and determined

Bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

Wisely cautious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What is the characteristic of a literary "elegy"?

Bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

Formal and dignified

A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

Bold and determined

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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