Context Clues Multiple Choice Questions

In the phrase "civil behavior," what does the word "civil" imply?

• Polite; civilized; courteous

• To begin or start

• Expression of strong disapproval

• Without reduction in intensity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does the word "access" mean in the context of approaching or obtaining something?

• Politeness

• Commencement

• Approach or admittance

• Dispelling

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What is a "document" in the context of written or printed records?

• A poem of reflection

• Wisdom and restraint

• A written or printed record

• To coax or persuade

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

When someone demonstrates a concept, what are they doing?

• Wisely cautioning

• Clearly showing by example

• Toning down or silencing

• Spreading by scattering

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

How would you define the term "unabated" in the context of intensity or strength?

• Without reduction in intensity

• To summon forth

• Polite; civilized; courteous

• To coax, persuade through flattery

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

When someone experiences "apprehension," what are they feeling?

• To coax or persuade

• Bold and determined

• Anxiety or fear

• To begin, to start

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When something symbolizes an idea, what is it doing?

• Bad-tempered and sulky

• To stand for; to represent

• To begin or start

• To summon forth

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What does it mean to "commence" a project or task?

• To coax or persuade

• To begin, to start

• Anxiety or fear

• Fluent or persuasive speaking

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

How would you describe someone exercising "prudence"?

• Without reduction in intensity

• Wisely cautious

• Twisted to one side

• Expression of strong disapproval

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

What is the meaning of "denunciation" when someone expresses strong disapproval openly?

• Wisdom and restraint

• To stand for; to represent

• Without any reduction in intensity

• Expression of strong disapproval made openly or publicly

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C