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WorksheetsCONTEXT CLUES MIDTERM
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What are context clues?
words
hints or clues that help understand unfamiliar words
strategies
mystery
There are several context clues strategies. What are they?
peanut butter and jelly
definition, examples, word parts, antonyms, synonyms
glossary, sentence before and after, signal words, punctuation, prefixes, suffixes
B and C
hot and cold are examples of:
synonym
meaning
glossary
antonym
laugh and giggle are examples of:
word parts
suffixes
synonyms
punctuation
Disorder means:
in order
not in order
clean
dirty
Sloths are herbivors. Herbivors are animals that eat only plants. What does the word herbivors mean?
eats fish
eats only rocks
drinks water
eats only plants
An MP3 player and cellphone are devices that are expensive. What does the word devices mean?
utensil
an electronic device
meat
water
Context Clues are words that say, "Stop, Don't touch that dictionary." Why?
Because the meaning is somewhere within the paragraph
You need a glossary
You need to read the paragraph again
You need to answer the phone
My brother said, "I just freed myself from a very loquacious history professor. All he seemed to want was an audience. Loquacious means:
pretentious
grouchy
talkative
worried
There is no doubt that the idea of living in such a benign climate was appealing, The islanders seem to keep their vitality and live longer than Europeans. Benign means:
tropical
not malignant
kind
favorable
