Text Passage with Vocabulary

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word generations?

• eras

• inspirations

• organizations

• siblings

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word indicated mean?

• explained

• found

• meant

• showed

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word sheer mean?

• active

• enormous 

• steep

• valuable

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Read the dictionary entry below. 

Noun: Special force used when saying a particular word 

Noun: Stress given to a syllable or word 

Which of the following words is defined above?

• debris 

• emphasis 

• encounter 

• naturalist 

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word encounter?

•  avoidance

• emergency

• entrance

• possibility

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word spectacular?

• magnificent 

• odd 

• ordinary 

• uncommon

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

A naturalist is a person who specializes in the study of 

• biology

• chemistry

• language

• nature

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the word debris mean?

• moveable items in a building 

• scattered remains of something

• material of a particular kin

• piece of burning wood

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4