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Grade 9 Fill in the Blank Vocabulary
This group has                beliefs
  1. rational
  2. integrity
  3. impartial
Grade 9 Synonyms
Which word best replaces the phrase?

very painful
  1. worse
  2. hurtful
  3. excruciating
  4. troublesome
Grade 9 Root Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.9-10.4
If "-dictio" mean devoted, then ADDICTION means
  1. following someone around
  2. in love
  3. state of being enslaved to a habit or practice
  4. to write a lot
Grade 9 Context Clues
Talking about food bowls is a digression from our conversation about dog breeds. What does the word "digression" mean?
  1. having an extremely bad reputation
  2. to be calmly objective, or not to be influenced by feelings
  3. to be done methodically
  4. to depart off a central topic
Grade 9 Defining Words
plot
  1. hints about the future
  2. the story; what happens in the story, the action
  3. a play
Grade 9 Root Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.9-10.4, L.9-10.4b
If "-bol" means throw, then HYPERBOLE means
  1. extreme in degree
  2. exaggeration; overstatement
  3. surrender
  4. occurring below the earth's surface
Grade 9 Root Words CCSS: CCRA.L.4, L.9-10.4
If "mon" means warn, then ADMONISH means
  1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something
  2. to make less severe; lighten
  3. to be hostile towards someone
  4. to completely destroy
Grade 9 Connotations and Denotations
Select the word with the more positive connotation.
  1. plain
  2. natural
Grade 9 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RI.9-10.4

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Memorial Day starts the summer and Labor Day ends the summer. Many people confuse the two holidays, but remembering the meaning of the word "labor," can help them distinguish between the two.

What does the word LABOR mean?
  1. the process of childbirth
  2. hard work
  3. make an effort
  4. remember key people or events
Grade 9 Defining Words
Digression
  1. to go off central topic
  2. friction allowing movement
  3. to shape objects by twisting
  4. to have a period last a long period of time
Grade 9 Prefixes and Suffixes
What does the prefix "bene" mean?
  1. say
  2. bad
  3. good
  4. carry
Grade 9 Fill in the Blank Vocabulary
The setting is                                       
  1. Where the events in a story take place
  2. How the conflict in a story ends
  3. The main character's desires
  4. The subject or main idea of a story
Grade 9 Prefixes
The prefix dis- means:
  1. apart
  2. opposite of
  3. out
  4. all of the above
Grade 9 Vocabulary
on the surface (above the face)
  1. etymology
  2. superficial
  3. inchoate
  4. adulterate
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