1. Context Clues
Directions: Read the sentence on each slide and write down the best meaning of the underlined word. Include the clues you used to determine your answer.

2. The first review on the Harry Potter movie was favorable
The first review on the Harry Potter movie was favorable. Many people attended and enjoyed the movie. Some people even saw the movie three times!
Negative
Uncertain
Positive
Clear
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3. 2. He was found running down the street after curfew,
and his parents were penalized. The ticket read:
"Illegally in the streets at 1:00A.M." Now he would
have to pay the ticket with his own money.
Crooked
Fined
Delicate
Informed
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2. Her quiet, timid ways made us guess at her true
feelings about the story because she kept her ideas
to herself and never spoke in the class.
Shy
Boisterous
Kind
Seriously
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4. Shouted Enclosed Expanded Tried Type of Context Clue:
3. The woman crossed her fingers as her daughter did the cheer. She was hoping that everything would work out for her daughter as she vied for a position on the squad. Her daughter wanted to be a cheerleader.
Shouted
Enclosed
Expanded
Tried
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5. 4. The boy knew that the lake was teeming,
and overflowing with bass, so he brought a big net to help get the fish in the boat.
Rare
Enclave
Full
Sparse
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6. 5. It was difficult to listen to Tommy speak
because he droned on and on just like a buzzer
that won't stop buzzing.
Ideal
Same tone
Lively
scared
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7. 6. Thomas went to the apex of the mountain,
and because it was so high, he had to take a tank
of oxygen with him.
Bottom
Breathe
Top
Clear
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8. 7. There was so much time that elapsed between
the two events that Shelia had enough time to
eat lunch.
Detained
Disposed
Elaborate
Passed
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9. 8. Her manners lapsed for only a minute when she
said something with food in her mouth. Of course,
her mothersaw her and said something.
Explained
Slipped
Tensed
Allergic
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10. 9. He felt very indignant after his father told him
that he would not be able to drive his truck until
his grades improved.
Angry
Ignored
Decieved
Elated
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11. 10. The monstrous and massive oak table
had to be lifted by four men to move it
into the dining room.
Huge
Pile
Peaceful
Mysterious
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12. 11. He tried to have realistic ideas, but his mind wandered and he
began to dream of making more money than his education
would let him.
Sensible
Obvious
Confused
Lost
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13. 12. The warnings kept appearing on our T. V
12. The warnings kept appearing on our T.V. screen to stay inside because severe weather was moving into our area.
Eclipse
Jealousy
Aspect
Dangerous
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14. The smell of her perfume was overpowering,
and we had to leave the room so that we could
take a deep breath.
Slothful
Too much
Exact
Vertical
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15. 14. He resolved to increase his workout time to one and a half hours
14. He resolved to increase his workout time to one and a half hours. He had only been working out for an hour before he decided to change.
Decided
Practiced
Resumed
Required
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16. Tommy was a very avid baseball card collector.
He inherited the desire to collect cards because
his dad had a collection, too.
Enthusiastic
Careless
Apart
Fearful
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