Vocab 7 Context Clues

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Mother thinks I choose books to aggravate her, but that's not my intention.

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annoying her

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

She doesn’t think the books I read fulfill her requirements for good literature. She doesn’t believe they live up to the books she read as a girl.

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they live up to

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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Maintaining that she hasn’t read my books, I assert that if she did, she’d find them excellent.

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I claim that

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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I anticipate a trip to the library just as much as she does.

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look forward to

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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Enjoying high-caliber books, we seek worthwhile reading material, despite choosing different titles.

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worthwhile reading material

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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Books can distract us, like humorous ones.

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Take our minds off of our problems.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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My mother is eloquent when speaking about books, vividly picturing characters.

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describes the stories so well with her words

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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We go through phases in reading. Currently enjoying detective fiction.

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in a period of

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

We love to enjoy a peaceful Sunday afternoon with a good book.

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peaceful Sunday afternoon

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Last Sunday I finished an Agatha Christie novel. There was a woman on the cover who looked like a fragile porcelain figurine my grandmother has.

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fragile figurine

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D