Context Clues Multiple Choice Questions

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.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

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.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

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

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

What does "solemn" mean in terms of behavior?

• Spread by scattering

• Without any reduction in intensity

• Formal and dignified; serious and grave

• To coax or persuade through flattery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

How would you define the verb "evoke"?

• To coax or persuade through flattery

• Spread by scattering

• To summon forth

• To stand for; to represent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the meaning of the verb "cajole"?

• To introduce gradually

• To coax or persuade through flattery

• To come together from different directions

• Without reduction in intensity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C