Lives of Commitment: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Answers

Use the drop-down menus to identify the root in each difficult word. Automatic: Gratify: Untenable:

✔ gratify

un✔ tenable

Use the drop-down menus and the context clues in the sentences to define these words: Various conveyances, such as cars, buses, and trains, take people across the island. Conveyances means . The duke hoped to vanquish the enemy forces, but they conquered his army instead. Vanquish means . Herpetologists discovered a new lizard when they were studying the reptiles of Africa. Herpetologist means .

Use the drop-down menus to answer this question. Which type of context clue helped you determine the words' meanings on the previous slide? Various conveyances, such as cars, buses, and trains, take people across the island. To understand conveyances: The duke hoped to vanquish the enemy forces, but they conquered his army instead. To understand vanquish: Herpetologists discovered a new lizard when they were studying the reptiles of Africa. To understand herpetologist:

Read the passage from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word chattel. Use the drop-down menus to answer these questions. Chattel means . Which clues in the text helped you determine the meaning of the word chattel? What kind of context clue is this?

Read this passage from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and then look for a synonym context clue that helps you understand the meaning of bestow. Use the drop-down menus to answer these questions. That synonym is . Using the synonym context clue from the last question, you know that bestow means .

Look for antonym context clues to help you determine the meaning of the word callous and then choose the meaning of callous from these choices.

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Use the drop-down menus and your knowledge of prefixes to choose the correct word in each sentence. After completing my test, I wanted to all my answers. He thought the question did not make sense and was very . Each jump on the bed made the mattress more .

⇒ ist

Use the drop-down menus and your knowledge of suffixes to choose the correct word in each sentence. is the practice of steering ships. The king was supported by who believed in a royal leader rather than a democracy. The actor was an person who volunteered to help the poor.

Use your knowledge of context clues, word roots, and affixes to determine the meaning of the word abolitionist.

Which two languages does the word “abolition” come from?

Use the drop-down menus and your knowledge of context clues, word roots, and affixes to determine the meaning of the words in this passage. Anthropologists are studying many ancient cultures, such as the Maya and the Etruscans. New advances in technology may facilitate their studies by making it easier to learn what ancient people ate, wore, and even how they died. Some scientists hope that ancient stories may actually be confirmable , such as the island discovered that may have been the basis for Atlantis. Other scientists hope that the knowledge they learn will be conducive to humanity's making better choices in the future.

✔ to conquerto give in toto accept

definitionexample✔ synonymantonym

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