Context Clues Review

What is a context clue?

• Clues that readers use to find the meaning of unknown words.

• Clues that readers use to figure out the setting.

• Clues that readers use to figure out the character's names.

• Clues that readers use to find out the theme of the story.

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CCSS.L.5.4A

____ is what you already know about something.  You can apply what you already know, to what you read.

• stage directions
• context clues
• prior knowledge
• plot lines

Comparing something opposite is using what type of clues?

• Antonyms
• Synonyms
• Examples
• Definitions

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.6

What type of context clues use similar words to help with the meaning of an unknown word?

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Examples

• HDefinitions

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Telling what a word means within the sentence is an example of what type of context clue?

• Antonym
• Synonym
• Example
• Definition

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Violence, whether it is hitting, kicking, or punching, is not tolerated at school.
This uses which type of context clue?

• Antonym
• Synonym
• Example
• Definition

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Many Northern birds migrate for the winter.  They return in the spring.

Based on context clues in the passage, migrate means _____________.

• Lay eggs
• Eat
• Move away
• Sing

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is the definition of the highlighted word?
Grandpa was in a jovial mood, making jokes and laughing at everything. 

• crazy
• happy
• irritable
• angry

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the definition of the highlighted word?
Diane was lethargic and didn’t have the energy to get out of bed.

• Tired
• Hyper
• Confused
• Bouncy

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Read the passage below.  Which word(s) best help you understand the meaning of the word obedient?

The obedient child always followed her mother's requests.  That night, she brushed her teeth, folded her clothes, and went to bed before her mother had to come in and remind her.  

• Followed her mother's requests
• Folded her clothes
• Brushed her teeth
• That night

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CCSS.L.5.4A