Context Clues

Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street

• crosswalks
• walkers
• stoplights
• parrots

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.K.5A

Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers.

• popular
• out-dated
• careful
• round

A dog whistle makes a high-pitched sound that is only audible to dogs.

• annoying

• able to be heard

• loud

• creating vapor

John had seen horror movies before, but when he saw Zombies on the Boat, he was so appalled by the violence that he wrote the newspapers warning parents not to allow their children to see this movie.

• proud

• outraged

• gimbled

• stoked

"Unlike the other candidates, who stammered and stuttered through their speeches, Lilli was eloquent." What is the best definition of "eloquent?"

• well-spoken
• musical
• quick witted
• intelligent

"Voldemort was a malevolent force in the world -- cruel, violent, and evil." In the previous sentence, you can define the word "malevolent" through the use of:

• antonyms
• synonyms
• homonyms
• homophones

What do you call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word? 

• Explanation
• Synonym
• Antonym
• Homonym

What is a synonym?

• The word's ending.

• A type of sound that should be heard in a sentence.

• A word that has the opposite meaning as another word.

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.

Based on the sentence, what does the blue word most likely mean?
In the movie Maleficent, a vengeful fairy curses an infant child. 

• harmful
• magical
• hated
• scary

The young boy made a spectacle out of himself when he wore a clown outfit to church.

Spect is a Latin root that means to observe. So a spectacle is something you can

• touch

• see

• jump on

• speak

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.7.4B