Context Clues Review

What are context clues?

• hints provided to help determine unfamiliar words

• wrong answers

• a flashback of prior events in story

• clues given by Blues Clues

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Type of context clue that has a similar/same meaning as unfamiliar word

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Explanation

• Example

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

Which type of context clue provides an opposite definition of the unfamiliar word?

• synonym

• antonym

• example

• explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which type of context clue often provides a list of sample descriptions of the unfamiliar word?

• synonym

• antonym

• explanation

• example

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

The unfamiliar term is underlined.

Which type of context clues are provided in the following:

Carnivores, that is, meat eaters, are the top of the food chain.

• synonym

• antonym

• example

• explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Marcia is a novice soccer player. It is her first day of practice.
The word novice means...

• skilled
• beginner
• professional
• owner

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Using hints or clues in the text that surrounds an unknown word is called ______.

• figurative language
• guessing
• context clues
• denotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

1.  The zookeeper was always careful around the ferocious lion.

• fluffy
•  peaceful
• wild and dangerous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

A cacophony of owl hoots, chirping crickets, and howling wolves surrounded us. I couldn't wait to return home to my own bed. 

• definition
• example
• syonym
• cause and effect

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5