Context Clues
What is a context clue?
A hint in a passage that leads the reader into finding what a word means.
What is a main idea?
the most important or central thought of a passage
What sentence uses "their" correctly?
A) Their pets are very well behaved
B) The blue house is over their
C) Their able to go outside
A
What does a comma do?
Pauses between clauses and phrases, and separates lists
dog:puppy::cat:________
Kitten
Joanne’s mother came up to the school to get the cell phone the teacher had confiscated. What is the meaning of confiscated?
To take or seize with authority
A penny for your thoughts? If it’s a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it’s uncirculated, it’d easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that’s a pretty penny.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
The rarity and value of a penny from 1943
What pennies looked like in World War 2
What are pretty pennies
How to easily fetch 25,000 dollars
1
What is first, second, and third person point of view?
First person- person tells their own story
Second person- telling the reader what they are doing
Third Person- an outsider telling a story
Tommy was delighted to be a part of the school play, even though his friend, Justin, got the lead. What kind of sentence is this?
A) Compound
B) Complex
C) Simple
D) Compound-Complex
B
chef:food::sculptor:________
Stone
Max was sick of quarreling with his wife about money when all he wanted to do was enjoy her company. What is the meaning of quarrel?
a heated argument or disagreement
Frogs and toads have some things in common. They are both amphibians. That means they live on land and in water at different times in their lives. Both lay their eggs in water. They also have the same eating habits and eats insects with their long sticky tongues.
On the other hand, they are different in many ways. As adults, frogs spend most of their time in water, while toads prefer land. Frogs have smooth skin and slim bodies with long back legs. Toads have rough skin and plump bodies with short back legs.
What is the main idea?
How are amphibians different
How frogs live
How are frogs and toads are different
Similarities and differences between frogs and toads
4
What needs to be capitalized?
mrs. violet was so confused on the South africa map quiz that she received from mr. taylor
Mrs. Violet is a name
Africa is a country
Mr. Taylor is a name
fatigue: yawning:: itching:________
scratching
Debate- an opposing arguemented discussion about a topic
Which sentence uses debate correctly?
We agreed that everyone debated the movie.
The movie debated the first mission to Mars.
We debated about which movie was the best.
The movie debated us because we could not agree
Number 3
It is estimated that over twenty million pounds of candy corn are sold in the US each year. Brach’s, the top manufacturer, sells enough candy corn to circle the earth 4.25 times if each piece were laid end to end. That’s a lot of candy corn, but that’s nothing compared to the production of Tootsie Rolls. Over 64 million Tootsie Rolls are produced every day! But even Tootsie Rolls have got nothing on the candy industry’s staple product: chocolate. Confectioners manufacture over twenty billion pounds of chocolate in the United States each year. Now that’s a mouthful!
What is the main idea?
What is the top manufacturer of candy corn
The ingredients of Tootsie Rolls
How much food is in a mouthful
How much popular candies are produced each year
4
Pterodactyl: Reptile :: Mammoth:_________
Mammal
Is the word incense used correctly?
My neighbor often likes to burn incense and we can smell it from our house too.
True
False
Neither
True
Yellowstone National Park is mainly located in Wyoming, although three percent is located in the state of Montana. The Continental Divide of North America runs diagonally through the southwestern part of the park. The park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, which is an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level. This plateau is bounded on nearly all sides by mountain ranges. There are 290 waterfalls that are at least fifteen feet in the park, the highest being the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, which falls 308 feet.
What is the main idea?
What is Yellowstone National Park
The average elevation above sea level
The physical features of Yellowstone National Park
308 feet
3
What are the main 8 figures of speech?
Personification, Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Idioms, and Cliches
How many of these words are spelled correctly?
Which ones?
Accommodate
Liason
Convalece
Deductible
Supersede
Supersede, Accommodate, and Deductible
3 are correctly spelled.
Netherlands: Amsterdam:: Djibouti:________
Djibouti