Determining Word Meanings

Rock musicians can trace their roots back to one individual: Chuck berry. he rose to stardom in the 1950s with music featuring driving beats and catchy guitar riffs-- short series of notes that repeat throughout a song. Berry's groundbreaking sound combined rhythm and blues with country music. As a guitarist, he was known for his phrasing. Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry describes the way Berry grouped notes into quick bursts as, "that double-note stop, where you get the two notes bending against each other and they make that rock & rock sound."

Berry's clever lyrics about high school and dancing also won over teenage audiences. The words to his songs told the stories of their generation. "Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening," said Berry.

Select the words or phrases that help determine the meaning of "As a guitarist, he was known for his phrasing." Select all that apply.

• "grouped notes into quick bursts"

• "that double-note stop, where you get the two notes bending against each other"

• He rose to stardom in the 1950s with music featuring driving beats and catchy guitar riffs.

• Berry's clever lyrics about high school and dancing also won over teenage audiences.

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CCSS.RI.4.10

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CCSS.RI.7.4

Read the passage and then answer the question. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Austria in 1756. When he was very young, he showed great musical aptitude, playing the keyboard by the age of three and writing musical compositions by the age of five. His father, a musician, gave Mozart lessons in piano and other instruments. After this early start, Mozart spent his life studying, playing, and composing music. Over the course of his life, he wrote more than six hundred musical works of many different types. His music is still popular and is performed often today. Select the meaning of the word, "aptitude".

• ability to do or learn something

• weariness of something

• enjoyment of something

• lack of interest in something

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

This is what happens as a result of something else.

• effect

• prediction

• inference

• context clues

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Which of the following may lead to vocabulary growth?

• having conversations with adults

• receiving instruction on specific words

• using context clues to figure out word meanings

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

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.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

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

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

What does the word _________ most likely mean? What strategy can you use to answer this question?

• Take a guess and hope that you're correct.

• Try all of the answers in sentence and choose the word that has the same meaning as the underlined word. 

• Choose the antonym for the underlined word.

• Say, "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" and choose that word.

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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 _________ most likely mean? What strategy can you use to answer this question?

• Take a guess and hope that you're correct.

• Try all of the answers in sentence and choose the word that has the same meaning as the underlined word. 

• Choose the antonym for the underlined word.

• Say, "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" and choose that word.

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

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.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.6.6