Word Detectives (Context Clues)
The cake was scrumptious; I loved every sweet, delicious bite of it! What does scrumptious mean?
A) Salty
B) Delicious
C) Healthy
D) Burnt
B) Delicious
If the prefix re- means "again," what does the word remake mean?
A) Make before
B) Make again
C) Never make
D) Make wrongly
B) Make again
"The girl was as brave as a lion." This is an example of a:
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Fact
A) Simile
The time and place where a story happens is called the:
A) Plot
B) Setting
C) Theme
D) Climax
B) Setting
If you want to find the meaning of a word used in a book, you should look in the:
A) Index
B) Glossary
C) Table of Contents
D) Title Page
B) Glossary
Unlike the boisterous playground, the classroom was very quiet and calm. What does boisterous mean?
A) Noisy and energetic
B) Small
C) Sad
D) Empty
A) Noisy and energetic
If the suffix -ful means "full of," what does it mean to be joyful?
A) Full of joy
B) Without joy
C) Afraid of joy
D) Before joy
A) Full of joy
"The snow is a white blanket on the grass." This is an example of a:
A) Simile
B) Personification
C) Metaphor
D) Question
C) Metaphor
The person or animal the story is mostly about is called the:
A) Main character
B) Author
C) Narrator
D) Setting
A) Main character
This text feature is a list of chapters and their page numbers found at the front of a book.
A) Index
B) Captions
C) Table of Contents
D) Heading
C) Table of Contents
The hiker felt weary after walking ten miles, so she sat down to rest her tired legs. What does weary mean?
A) Excited
B) Confused
C) Tired
D) Scared
C) Tired
Which word means "to cook before"?
A) Uncook
B) Cookless
C) Precook
D) Recook
C) Precook
"The sunflowers nodded their heads in the wind." This gives a human action to a plant. It is:
A) A Simile
B) Personification
C) A Metaphor
D) An Onomatopoeia
B) Personification
The problem that a character faces in a story is called the:
A) Solution
B) Resolution
C) Moral
D) Conflict
D) Conflict
The words underneath a picture that explain what is happening are called:
A) Captions
B) Headings
C) Bold words
D) Sidebars
A) Captions
I was uncertain about the answer, so I looked it up to make sure I was right. What does uncertain mean?
A) Very happy
B) Not sure
C) Angry
D) Quick
B) Not sure
Adding the suffix -less to the word fear creates a word that means:
A) Full of fear
B) Fearful
C) Afraid
D) Without fear
D) Without fear
If a teacher says the test was a "piece of cake," she means:
A) It was very easy
B) It was about food
C) It was very hard
D) It was sweet
A) It was very easy
Which part of the plot tells how the problem was fixed?
A) Introduction
B) Resolution
C) Rising Action
D) Setting
B) Resolution
Where would you look at the back of a book to find every page number where a specific topic is mentioned?
A) Glossary
B) Chapter 1
C) Bibliography
D) Index
D) Index
The mammoth elephant towered over the small bushes in the safari. What does mammoth mean?
A) Huge
B) Gray
C) Fast
D) Thin
A) Huge
What does the prefix dis- do to the word agree?
A) It means to agree again
B) It means the opposite of agree
C) It means to agree before
D) It means to agree slowly
B) It means the opposite of agree
What two things are being compared in this simile: "The moon shone like a giant silver coin."
A) Giants and coins
B) Silver and giants
C) The moon and a coin
D) Light and the sun
C) The moon and a coin
The message or lesson the author wants you to learn is called the:
A) Topic
B) Summary
C) Theme
D) Setting
C) Theme
Why do authors use Bold Print for certain words?
A) To make the page look pretty
B) To show that the word is important or a vocabulary word
C) To show that the word is a secret
D) To show that the word should be whispered
B) To show that the word is important or a vocabulary word