Context Clues, Roots, and Affixes Answers

Use the drop-down menus and the context clues in the sentences to define these words:

✔ to conquerto give in toto accept

a new type of lizarda person who discovers new animals✔ a scientist who studies reptiles

Use the drop-down menus to identify the root in each difficult word.

✔ gratify

un✔ tenable

Use the drop-down menus to answer this question. Which type of context clue helped you determine the words' meanings on the previous slide?

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.

the duties of a slaveholderthe relation of a mere chattel✔ as a human being was wrong

definitionexamplesynonym✔ antonym

⇒ ist

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.

✔ make easiermake hardermake confusing

shown to be impossible✔ able to be provenable to be predicted

✔ helping make possiblekeeping from happeningmaking larger

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.

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.

⇒ tender

Use the drop-down menus and your knowledge of prefixes to choose the correct word in each sentence.

Use the drop-down menus and your knowledge of suffixes to choose the correct word in each sentence.