Common Core: 7th Grade English Language Arts : Meanings of Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words and Phrases: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.4

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Example Question #81 : Common Core: 7th Grade English Language Arts

Read the sentences and determine which part(s) help you determine the meaning of the underlined word.

Canadian Geese are migratory birds that have a wide range of travel. During the cold Canadian winters, they can be seen sunning themselves on the shores of Florida lakes as well as other states throughout the Southern United States. They are favorites of bird watchers all over the country and Canada.

Which words or phrases from the passage best help you determine the meaning of the word migratory?

Possible Answers:

Bird, sunning, shores, watchers

Wide range, sunning themselves, bird watchers

Travel, Florida, Southern United States, all over the country

Canadian, Canada

Correct answer:

Travel, Florida, Southern United States, all over the country

Explanation:

Migratory means travels from one place to another and it is usually seasonal. The words in the correct answer choice help readers to understand the birds are traveling from Canada to the Southern United States and they have a wide habitat.

Example Question #82 : Common Core: 7th Grade English Language Arts

Read the following sentences and determine the meaning of the underlined word using context clues or your prior knowledge.

My uncle is a peevish sort of man. It only takes the slightest annoyance or misstep to upset him.

What does the word peevish mean?

Possible Answers:

Overly excited

Constantly late

Easily irritated

Hard to understand

Correct answer:

Easily irritated

Explanation:

Peevish people are easy to annoy or anger and are ill-tempered in nature. The clues in this sentence that it only takes a slight annoyance or misstep to upset him let us know that it doesn’t take much to irritate or bother him. The context clues would not allude to any of the other answer choices.

Example Question #83 : Common Core: 7th Grade English Language Arts

Read the following sentences and determine the meaning of the underlined word using context clues or your prior knowledge.

Allison went away to computer camp over the summer and came back excited to share what she had learned. Her prowess with design and coding was amazing! Before she left for camp she was a beginner like I was, now I feel like she is lightyears ahead of me.

What does the word prowess mean?

Possible Answers:

Lack of courage or firmness of purpose

Personal bravery

Brooding ill humor

A superior skill learned by study and practice

Correct answer:

A superior skill learned by study and practice

Explanation:

In this text the readers learn that Allison went away for the summer to computer camp as a beginner at design and coding but is now far ahead of her peers. She has an impressive skill or talent and she studied at camp to increase her knowledge. Bravery and courage don’t fit with the context of the passage. There is no mention of anything related to humor, ill or otherwise, to allude to the answer choice “brooding ill humor”.

Example Question #81 : Language

Select the word that matches the definition provided.

To suffer for an extended period of time with patience.  

Possible Answers:

Authentic

Endure

Ponder

Radiant

Correct answer:

Endure

Explanation:

To endure means to suffer for an extended period of time with patience. 

To use endure in a sentence, "The wounded solider will have to endure a lot of rehab to walk again." 

Example Question #81 : Language

Select the word that matches the definition provided.

To think about something.

Possible Answers:

Radiant

Endure

Ponder

Authentic

Correct answer:

Ponder

Explanation:

To think about something means to ponder. 

To use ponder in a sentence, "High school seniors usually ponder about which college to attend." 

Example Question #13 : Meanings Of Unknown And Multiple Meaning Words And Phrases: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.4

Select the word that matches the definition provided.

Something that shines or is bright. 

Possible Answers:

Ponder

Radiant

Endure

Authentic

Correct answer:

Radiant

Explanation:

Something that shines or is bright is radiant. 

To use radiant in a sentence, "Her teeth were so white, her smile was radiant." 

Example Question #2 : Consult Print And Digital Reference Materials To Define And Pronounce Words: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.4.C

If someone did not do something that they should have done, you could say that that person has been ________.

Possible Answers:

deceitful

derogatory

tentative

negligent

exonerated

Correct answer:

negligent

Explanation:

Answer: Negligent.  

 

Example Question #3 : Consult Print And Digital Reference Materials To Define And Pronounce Words: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.4.C

Which of the following words most nearly means “to leave out”?

Possible Answers:

Dawdle

Abdicate

Concur

Omit

Signify

Correct answer:

Omit

Explanation:

Answer: Omit

 

Example Question #11 : Meanings Of Unknown And Multiple Meaning Words And Phrases: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.4

Which of the following words is closest in meaning to “accuse”?

Possible Answers:

Allege

Assess

Agitate

Admonish

Attribute

Correct answer:

Allege

Explanation:

 Allege. The word “allege” means “claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong.”  In general, an allegation does not involve evidence or proof, whereas an accusation involves some form of evidence.

 

 

Example Question #7 : Consult Print And Digital Reference Materials To Define And Pronounce Words: Ccss.Ela Literacy.L.7.4.C

Someone who is extremely hungry might be said to be ___________.

Possible Answers:

famished

exuberant

bewildered

copious

sovereign

Correct answer:

famished

Explanation:

Answer: Famished

 

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