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Grade 10 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RI.9-10.4, RST.9-10.4

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ACTIVE TRANSPORT, as used in the passage, can best be defined as:
  1. the process of moving molecules up concentration gradients
  2. the movement of molecules down concentration gradients
  3. the tiny holes found within concentration gradients
  4. the ability of water to pass through concentration gradients
Grade 10 Context Clues
Choose the correct definition for the word in all caps.

Mom's decision SUITS us all.
  1. to make appropriate or acceptable
  2. to meet the requirements; fit
  3. to please or satisfy
Grade 10 Context Clues
Choose the correct definition for the word in all caps.

The FUSSY child cried all night long.
  1. easily upset, as if to complain or whine
  2. needing much attention to details
  3. hard to please
Grade 10 Context Clues
Choose the correct definition for the word in all caps.
Editing is a FUSSY job because you must pay attention to details.
  1. easily upset, as if to complain or whine
  2. needing much attention to details
  3. hard to please
Grade 10 Context Clues
The story Whitewashing the Fence is an                 from Tom Sawyer
  1. whitewash
  2. excerpt
  3. stern
  4. teased
  5. fussy
  6. human nature
Grade 10 Context Clues
Choose the correct definition for the word in all caps.

We had to change the play to SUIT the audience.
  1. to make appropriate or acceptable
  2. to meet the requirements; fit
  3. to please or satisfy
Grade 10 Context Clues
Tom Sawyer uses                to paint the fence that Aunt Polly told him to do.
  1. whitewash
  2. excerpt
  3. stern
  4. teased
  5. fussy
  6. human nature
Grade 10 Context Clues
Choose the correct definition for the word in all caps.

Angelina is fussy about her clothes.
  1. easily upset, as if to complain or whine
  2. needing much attention to details
  3. hard to please
Grade 10 Context Clues
Ben                Tom Sawyer because Aunt Polly was making Tom whitewash the fence.
  1. whitewash
  2. excerpt
  3. stern
  4. teased
  5. fussy
  6. human nature
Grade 10 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RI.9-10.4

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The passages discuss drug abuse. In the context of the passages, which choice best represents the meaning of ABUSE?
  1. Use something for a negative purpose
  2. Treat someone with cruelty
  3. Use something improperly
  4. Use something habitually and excessively
Grade 10 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RI.9-10.4

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Based on the passage an IRRITANT is...
  1. Something that is annoying
  2. Something that makes you cry
  3. Something that causes bodily discomfort
  4. Something that is spicy
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