Context Clues & Decoding

Context Clues & Decoding

4th Grade

10 Qs

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Context Clues & Decoding

Context Clues & Decoding

Assessment

Quiz

English

4th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.3.4A, L.4.6, L.2.4E

+13

Standards-aligned

Created by

Whitney Mackay

Used 56+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Context clues are...

Clues or hints that readers use to find the meaning of a word he/she does not know

not useful to the reader unless they are writing an essay

the message or lesson a story teaches

the supporting details of a central idea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When using context clues, be sure to look at:

examples

pictures

definitions

all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sometimes authors use _______ to make sure readers understand what they are talking about in their text.

Antonyms

Synonyms

Oxymorons

Hyperboles

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Authors sometimes use ______ or words that have the opposite meaning to help readers understand the meaning of a word used in the text.

Antonyms

Synonyms

Oxymorons

Hyperboles

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is an example of using what type of context clue: I moved swiftly to catch the falling vase, but I was not fast enough. In this sentence, the author uses the word fast as a ____ for the word swiftly because they have the same meaning.

Noun

Antonym

Synonym

Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is an example of using what type of context clue: We want to move out of our small house and into a more spacious house. Small is an _____ of the word spacious. This shows the word spacious means big.

Preposition

Antonym

Synonym

Verb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Authors will sometimes use ___ to help clarify what a word means or a specific way something is used.

Examples

Sentences

Pictures

None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

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