Context Clues Passages

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English
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7th Grade
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Hard
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Sarah Williams
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
How can context clues improve your overall reading comprehension?
By providing hints to understand unfamiliar words or phrases within a text.
By skipping over difficult passages
By ignoring the tone of the text
By reading the conclusion first
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Identify the context clue in the following sentence: 'The dog barked loudly, alerting everyone in the neighborhood.'
quietly
loudly
noisily
silently
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Read the paragraph and identify the context clue that helps you understand the meaning of the word 'perplexed': 'Sarah was perplexed by the complicated math problem, but after rereading the instructions, she finally understood how to solve it.'
complicated math problem
clear instructions
easy solution
simple math problem
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4A
CCSS.L.6.4A
CCSS.L.7.4A
CCSS.L.7.5B
CCSS.L.8.4A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Things in a text that help a reader figure out the definition of an unknown word
Connotation
Context Clues
Figurative Meaning
Diction
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a strategy that you should use to determine the meaning of a word that you don't know?
break the word apart (use word mapping)
try substitution
look for evidence in the text (context clues)
make an inference
draw a picture of the word
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If a question asks you to determine the meaning of a specific word, what should you do?
find the word in the text and underline it
read the sentence that the word is in and look for any clues that the author provides
try substituting the answer choices in place of the word in context and see if any of them make sense
guess the meaning of the word using background knowledge only
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2B
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.2B
CCSS.L.8.2C
CCSS.L.9-10.1.C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How can context clues improve your overall reading comprehension?
By providing hints to understand unfamiliar words or phrases within a text.
By skipping over difficult passages
By ignoring the tone of the text
By reading the conclusion first
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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