Context Clues

What type of context clue that provides readers with varying examples to allow them to fully examine the unfamiliar words?

• Explanation or Example Clue

• Antonym or Contrast Clue

• Definition or Statement Clue

• Synonym or Restatement Cue

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of context clue that provides the synonyms of words to give the meaning of unfamiliar words?

• Comparison or Sameness Clue

• Inference or General Text Clue

• Definition or Statement Clue

• Synonym or Restatement Clue

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The director felt remorse, or shame, for hiring some incompetent employees. What other words from the sentence that give synonyms to the underlined word?

• incompetent

• shame

• hiring

• director

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

As a country in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines always experiences different natural calamities such as typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis. What type of context clue is used in the sentence?

• Synonym or Restatement Clue

• Cause-and-Effect or Reason-Result Clue

• Comparison or Sameness Clue

• Explanation or Example Clue

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The voracious team members ate one pizza each after the swim meet. Define voracious.

• funny

• starving

• satisfied

• sleepy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Emily is going to get her vision tested because she can't see the board at school. What does vision probably mean?

• how well a person sees

• what color eyes a person has

• how well a person hears

• how strong a person is

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The teacher was appalled, or disgusted, by the honey covered homework the student turned in. What does appalled mean?

• pleased

• surprised

• frustrated

• disgusted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Since Amanda deferred her vacation, she was able to accomplish more at work first. What does deferred mean?

• advanced

• cancelled

• delayed

• expedited

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

You need to put on some pants instead of those shorts. It is too cold to go outside with your bare legs showing.

• not having any covering

• a big furry animal

• happy

• shaved

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

My uncle is a scholar of American History. He has spent the past 20 years researching American History. He has written a number of books.

• an uneducated person

• a person of great knowledge

• plumber

• nice

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A