DIRECTIONS: Read each sentence. Determine the meaning of the word using clues from the sentence or knowledge you already have.
Then explain what it was that helped you find the meaning of the
word.
1. Kim thinks she looked attractive, but everyone else thinks she
looks emaciated.
What does it mean? clues
2. That boring speaker is not known for his brevity.
What does it mean? clues
3. John wanted to adjourn the meeting. Everyone agreed, and
we went our separate ways.
What does it mean? clues
4. She got in trouble for her flagrant disregard of school rules.
What does it mean? clues
5. Mark won't be elected class president because of his slovenly
appearance.
What does it mean?
What’s It Mean?
CLUES:

Read this excerpt from the lady of shalott by alfred, lord tennyson. in which three lines does the poet reveal the monotomy of the lady’s existence

Excerpt from the trip of a lifetime elizabeth mohn 3 a little more than a week ago, my mother and father started packing our suitcases to prepare for our trip. my entire family woke up early sunday morning, packed the car, and began our expedition to niagara falls. when we reached the american-canadian border, i was excited to enter a foreign country for the first time. the third paragraph is mainly about a) traveling to niagara falls b) leaving the hotel. c) seeing the falls. d) returning home.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. for an african, whether you were sent to the caribbean or south america, you were now part of the sugar machine. and it did not much matter where your ship landed. you could be working the fertile fields of brazil or the hills of jamaica; the brutal cycle of making sugar was much the same. how does the use of the word machine support the authors' claim in this passage? its negative connotation indicates that enslaved people had to work like robots instead of human beings. its negative denotation indicates that some people preferred handmade sugar over factory-produced sugar. its positive connotation indicates that plantations ran efficiently and produced huge amounts of sugar. its positive denotation indicates that it was easier for enslaved people to make sugar with machines.