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Use the sentences to answer the questions.

Tension exists between the ranchers who feel threatened by wolves and the conservationists who want to see wolves protected. Many ranchers want to remove federal protection for the gray wolves.

Which of the following describes what the word conservationists means in the first sentence?

(1 point)
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a person who works for the government


a person who pursues animals for food


a person who wants to preserve the environment and wildlife


a person who owns animals for selling them

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Use the sentence to answer the question.

Now Annie was in bed, groaning theatrically—she’s a drama major—but I told my mother I’d go anyway. I hadn’t seen my grandmother since she’d been admitted to Lawnrest.

Which of the following is the clearest context clue for theatrically?

(1 point)
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"she's a drama major"


"I hadn't seen my grandmother"


"she'd been admitted"


"Annie was in bed"
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Use the sentences to answer the question.

Inside, I was surprised by the lack of hospital smell, although there was another odor or maybe the absence of an odor. The air was antiseptic, sterile.

Which of the following is the meaning of antiseptic?

(1 point)
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clean

cold


smoky


fragrant
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The words teacher, preacher, and dancer all end with the suffix -er. Which of the following does the suffix -er mean?(1 point)
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a goal that people want to do


the occupation an individual has


an important person in the community


someone who performs an action
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Use the sentences to complete the activity.

A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire that burns in wildland vegetation, often in rural areas. Wildfires can burn in forests, grasslands, savannas, and other ecosystems and have been doing so for hundreds of millions of years. They are not limited to a particular continent or environment.

In 2-3 sentences, explain which context clues help you identify the meaning of the word vegetation in the first sentence.

(2 points)
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short 7th grader
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make it short make it like a 7th grader wrote it
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short
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another one
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Use the excerpt to complete the activity.

Now it was my mother’s turn to sigh.

“Look,” I said, to cheer her up. “I’m thinking about shaving the moustache off.” Even though I wasn’t for a long time. Another discovery: You can build a way of life on postponement.

“Your grandmother probably won’t even recognize you,” she said. And I saw the shadow fall across her face.

In 1-2 sentences, explain the meaning of postponement in the excerpt, and tell which words provide the clearest context clue for the word.
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make short and make it like a 7th grader wrote it
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very short
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tell which words provide the clearest context clue for the word in the sentence.
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make it more short
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In 1–2 sentences, explain how a dictionary helps readers better understand unfamiliar words and make it very short and make it like a 7th grader wrote it
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In 1–2 sentences, explain how the knowledge of etymology benefits readers. make it short very and a 7th grader wrote it
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