Context Clues

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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Tristin couldn’t see the school building; it was shrouded by smoke and dust.” What does the word shrouded mean?
Covered
ruined
bounced
invisible
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2B
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.2B
CCSS.L.8.2C
CCSS.L.9-10.1.C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Ms. Hallett did not have lunch or breakfast, so she was famished by dinnertime.
Based on the sentence above, what does famished mean?
tired
full
dizzy
hungry
Tags
CCSS.L.1.5D
CCSS.L.2.5B
CCSS.L.3.5C
CCSS.L.K.5D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What do you use in a sentence in order to make an intelligent guess about the meaning of a word?
prior knowledge
buildings
theories
clues
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Context clues that are are around a difficult word that mean the same or nearly the same as a word are known as
Example Context Clues
Antonym Context Clues
Direct Context Clues
Synonym Context Clues
Tags
CCSS.L.6.4A
CCSS.L.7.4A
CCSS.L.7.5B
CCSS.L.8.4A
CCSS.L.9-10.4A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?
Look for clues in the sentence
Ask your teacher
Look it up in the dictionary
Skip it
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2B
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.2B
CCSS.L.8.2C
CCSS.L.9-10.1.C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Direct definition context clues are words that give the definition right within the text.
True
Fals
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What do textbook writers and authors use to help the readers understand the meaning of words.
Context Clues
Dictionaries
Writings
Text
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
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