Context Clues
Lisa felt melancholy ever since her friend moved away.
Melancholy mean
What is sad, depressing, unhappy
Sally arrives at home at 4:30 and knows that her mother does not get off of work until 5. Sally also sees that the lights are off in their house.
What is her mom is not home
Gives lots of details and facts
What is description
Main argument
What is a claim
However, many accomplished Americans have pushed past their fear of failure by taking chances which lead to success.
What change should be made?
A- lead to leads
B- to to too
C- Delete the comma
D- Add a comma after failure
What is A
Leo wanted to celebrate this joyous occasion with a toast.
Joyous means
What is happy, joyful, wondrous
Sherry's toddler is in bed upstairs. She hears a bang and crying.
What is the baby fell or is hurt
Places things in order from start to finish, young to old, etc
What are order and sequence, chronological order
Counterargument
What is counterclaim
In spite of the seemingly contradictory idea, Zuckerberg feels that the one way for people to surely fail to reach their goals are to avoid facing perils head-on.
What change should be made
A- delete the comma after idea
B- fail to fails
C- add a comma after goals
D- are to is
What is D
After staring at the math problem, June had an epiphany.
Epiphany means
What is sudden realization, a-ha moment, idea
When the phone rang and Liz picked it up, she was all smiles.
What is she was happy to talk
An event that happens as a result of something else
What is cause and effect
Opposes the counterclaim
What is rebuttal
One way he took braved uncertainty was by doubling his workers pay to $5 a day and reducing the workday from nine hours to eight hours.
What change should be made
A- Delete took
B- change took to had taken
C- add a comma after took
D- No change needed
What is A
Sarah's mom was flabbergasted by her daughter's reaction.
Flabbergasted mean
What is shocked, confused
Billy walked into the house squeaking and dropped his kite on the ground. He left a trail as he went upstairs.
What is it was raining outside
To look at the similarities and differences
What is a Venn diagram, Compare and Contrast
A series of explanations
What is commentary
In the novel To kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch lived in a time where it was unsafe to challenge societal norms.
What change should be made?
A- delete the comma after Mockingbird
B- capitalize kill
C- add a comma after time
D- capitalize societal
What is B
John and Margaret had an amicable divorce.
Amicable means
What is agreeable, friendly, peaceful
You adopt a puppy from the shelter, and he seems nervous and scared. He hides from loud noises and has some noticeable scars.
What is the dog was abused
Create/find a fix for the problem
What is problem and solution
Restate the claim. Make a call to action
What is conclusion
“You are going to have a magnificent time‚” replies her father.
What change should be made?
A Change magnificent to magnificent
B Change the comma to a semicolon
C Change replies to replied
D Change her to their
What is C