Determining Word Meaning

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The campers made a fire to cook their hot dogs.

• Burning to produce heat, light, and flames

• Tell someone they lost a job

• Put into a kiln to make (pottery) hard

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CCSS.L.5.5C

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When the cat wants inside, he will paw at the door.

• An animal's foot

• To scratch or hit

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CCSS.L.5.5C

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The farmer added a final post to the fence.

• To list something for others to view

• To mail something

• A wooden pole

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CCSS.L.5.5C

He-Man had to track his math facts progress.

• A path

• To keep track of information

• A surface to run on

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CCSS.L.5.5C

The scared rock climber balanced precariously on the edge of the cliff. what is the meaning of the underlined word?

• dumb

• dangerous

• quietly

• cautious

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Determine the meaning of the word determine

• conclude after reasoning

• not known or recognized

• to recognize

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does the word "realm" mean?

• A type of game

• A royal crown

• A kingdom or field of study

• A small village

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Read the sentence below.

Joyce's Ulysses is a retelling, or new version, of Homer's epic Odyssey.

Choose the best definition for retelling.

• a writer who improves old stories

• an epic myth

• the act of plagiarism or copying

• a new version of a story

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

literal

• a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

• limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text

• find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry

• an idea that is implied or suggested

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

If someone is "probing" a situation, what are they doing?

• Ignoring it

• Investigating it thoroughly

• Laughing about it

• Running away from it

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4