Context Clues and Vocabulary 1

A crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference

• Static

• Plot

• Text

• Vivid

The story that is told in a novel, play, movie, etc

• Text

• Complex

• Static

• Plot

Very dry; having very little rainfall

• Benefit

• Complex

• Arid

• Distract

An article, essay, book, or any other written work

• Plot

• Text

• Arid

• Static

Bright, strong, full of life

• Unselfish

• Distract

• Benefit

• Vivid

Believing that one can rely on or depend on others

• Trusting

• Unselfish

• Vivid

• Distract

Complicated

• Text

• Complex

• Vivid

• Benefit

Not selfish; putting others ahead of oneself

• Trusting

• Benefit

• Plot

• Unselfish

Aid or assistance

• Distract

• Benefit

• Complex

• Static

To draw someone's attention away from something

• Vivid

• Distract

• Text

• Complex