Context Clues

Dignity

Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother, she maintained her dignity,holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site.

• opinion
• respectfulness
• age

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Splendid:

The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window.

• darkness
• haziness; cloudy
• Very bright; magnificent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Particle:

John was so hungry that he didn't leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate.

• a very small piece
• smudge
• cracks

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Elegant:

Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive, slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops.

• jagged lines
• roughness
• beautiful and graceful

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

Injustice:

Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not.

• something right and correct
• something that is not right or fair
• something well thought out

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Declined:

After Gears of Pain 6 came out, the number of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined.

• Went down
• went up
• stayed the same

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Paradise:

When Rex had a bone, a warm spot to lie, and someone petting him, he was in paradise.

• the perfect place to be
• the wrong place
• the way of everyone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

fascinated:

Alvin went to the museum every Saturday because he was so fascinated by art.

• bored to tears
• faking his interest
• very interested

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Yearn:

Even though John had a good job and a nice family, he yearned for more.

• to want something
• to accept fate
• lived day to day

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

seldom:

Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape, most athletes seldom eat junk food.

• always, everyday
• rarely; not very often
• occasionally

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D