Context Clues

The word context means:

• make a guess

• exact words

• in the text

• define words

True or False: Context clues help you figure out what unfamiliar words mean.

• True

• False

The McDonald's arches were visible from the highway. We could see them from a mile away.

• rising above

• brightly lit

• able to be seen

• difficult to see

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

Leesha wrote her own song for the talent show. She sang her original tune as she played piano.

• created herself

• her first song

• written by another person

• song

Did you ever play hide and seek? Was it fun to look for your friends?

• find

• hide

• play with

• look for

At the beginning of the story, the character had to find a solution to being lost in the woods. By the resolution of the plot, the character found a way to get home.

• an ending

• a solution

• next problem

• most exciting part

In the exposition, the author introduces us to the characters and setting in the story. We get a basic idea of what the story will be about.

• background information of a story

• plot of a story

• climax of a story

• rising action of a story

Most of the planets were named long ago. They were names for ancient gods. The gods were in Greek and Roman mythology.

• religious

• long ago

• recent

• myths

The tiny bug was hard to see. Catherine tried to magnify it using a magnifying glass. That made it appear larger so she could see it's eyes.

• to make something look clearer

• to make something look bigger

• to make something look better

• to make something look smaller

The medics lifted the stretcher and settled the patient into the ambulance. An oxygen mask was set in place and the wounds were bandaged.

• machine that lifts

• operators

• friends

• people who treat injuries