What type of context clue is the following sentence?
She hums CONTINUOUSLY, or all the time, and it annoys me.
What is a synonym?
100
I ate a PORTION of everything on my plate when I ate a small piece of meat, a small piece of bread, and a small piece of chocolate pie.
In this sentence, the word portion means
a. whole
b. piece
c. spoiled
d. complete
What is piece?
100
What type of analogy is the following sentence:
Winter is to summer as bird is to fish.
a. antonym
b. synonym
c. characteristic to thing
d. function to thing
What is antonym?
100
Finish the analogy:
steering wheel : automobile :: wing :
a. chicken
b. airplane
What is airplane?
100
This word means to "read between the lines"
What is inference?
200
What type of context clue is in the following sentence?
Emma had a lot of ANXIETY about the exam but I had no worries about it.
What is an antonym?
200
Birds that MIGRATE, such as some ducks and geese, leave their home in the winter.
In this sentence, the word migrate means
a. swimming
b. to move
c. flying
What is to move?
200
What type of analogy is the following sentence:
Fluffy is to cat as slimy is to toad.
a. synonym
b. characteristic to thing
c. part to whole
d. antonym
What is characteristic to thing?
200
Finish the analogy:
Awesome is to lit as shady is to
a. perp
b. skep
c. savage
What is skep?
200
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.
What is a context clue?
300
What type of context clue is in the following sentence?
He seemed to be ill, but it was merely a RUSE, that is, a clever trick to deceive us.
What is a definition context clue?
300
When John received the job offer, he was so overcome with FELICITY that he could barely find the words to accept it.
In this sentence, the word felicity means:
a. nervousness
b. happiness
c. embarassement
What is happiness?
300
What type of analogy is the following sentence:
cool is to fan as heat is to furnace
a. characteristic to thing
b. function to thing
c. synonym
What is function to thing?
300
Finish the analogy:
Kitchen is to house as
a. cookie is to chocolate chip
b. chalkboard is to chalk
c. keyboard is to computer
What is keyboard is to computer?
300
This word refers to a comparison between two things, and the comparison is used to determine the relationship between different sets of things.
What is an analogy?
400
Which type of context clue is in the following sentence?
The suspect's story was not CONSISTENT with what the evidence showed.
What is an inference context clue?
400
Clyde could no longer tolerate the DERISION of his classmates, who would refer to him by no other name than Potty-Pants Clyde, so he transferred schools.
In this sentence, derision means:
a. laughter
b. mocking
c. hatred
What is mocking?
400
What type of analogy is in the following sentence:
Seed is to plant as word is to sentence.
a. product to thing
b. characteristic to thing
c. part to whole
What is part to whole?
400
Finish the analogy:
earth is to solar system as:
a. Car is to door
b. California is to the USA
c. neighborhood is to house
What is California is to the USA?
400
What did Ernie not want to give up but finally did for love?
What are seeds?
500
Which type of context clue is in the following sentence?
He refused to enter that small, enclosed space. He must have had some kind of PHOBIA about it.
What is an inference context clue?
500
The MAGNANIMOUS judge released the young offender who had been caught stealing bread by saying, "Everybody has to eat," and slamming down his gavel.
In the following sentence, magnanimous means:
a. serious
b. youthful
c. forgiving
What is forgiving?
500
What type of analogy is in the following sentence:
Chili is to Skyline as chicken is to KFC.
a. antonym
b. synonym
c. product to thing
d. characteristic to thing
What is product to thing?
500
Finish the analogy:
Second chances are to "Thank You Ma'am" as
a. flowers are to "The Crush"
b. "Seventh Grade" is to being yourself
c. The importance of friendship is to "Amigo Brothers"
d. the jacket is to "The Scholarship Jacket"
What is the importance of friendship is to "Amigo Brothers"?
500
What are the three steps of finding theme?
What is 1. Find the main topic. 2. Determine what the author believes. 3. Cite evidence