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Analyzing Words with Context Clues
Below is a passage from a May 4, 1906 article in Colliers, a popular magazine of the time. It was written by Jack London, who would go on to become a great American author. In this article, he tells about the destruction of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Certain words have been replaced with blanks. Using the rest of the text as a clue, fill in the blanks with a word or phrase that would make sense in the article.
The Story of an Eyewitness
By Jack London, Colliers special correspondent The earthquake shook down in San Francisco hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of walls and chimneys. But the 1)___________________ that followed burned up hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property. There is no 2) ___________________ within hundreds of millions the actual damage 3) ___________________. Not in history has a modern 4) ___________________ city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories and a fringe of 5) ___________________ on its outskirts. Its industrial section is wiped out. Its business section is wiped out. Its social and 6.) ___________________ section is wiped out. The factories and warehouses, the great stores and newspaper buildings, the hotels and the palaces of the 7.) _______________ are all gone. Within an hour after the earthquake shock the smoke of San Franciscos burning was a 8.) ____________ tower visible a hundred miles away. And for three days and nights this tower swayed in the sky, reddening the sun, darkening the day, and filling the land with smoke.
Write the words you used in the appropriately numbered blank. In front of the number, write the letter of the word from the text that has a similar meaning. __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ 1. _______________________________ 2. _______________________________ 3. _______________________________ 4. _______________________________ 5. _______________________________ 6. _______________________________ 7. _______________________________ 8. _______________________________ A. imperial B. wrought C. residential D. conflagration E. lurid F. dwelling-houses G. estimating H. nabobs
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Analyzing Words with Context Clues
Below is a passage from a May 4, 1906 article in Colliers, a popular magazine of the time. It was written by Jack London, who would go on to become a great American author. In this article, he tells about the destruction of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Certain words have been replaced with blanks. Using the rest of the text as a clue, fill in the blanks with a word or phrase that would make sense in the article.
The Story of an Eyewitness
By Jack London, Colliers special correspondent
Students answers will vary for the fill-in-the-blank section. Accept reasonable answers.
The earthquake shook down in San Francisco hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of walls and chimneys. But the 1)___________________ that followed burned up hundreds of millions of dollars conflagration worth of property. There is no 2) ___________________ within hundreds of millions the actual estimating damage 3) ___________________. Not in history has a modern 4) ___________________ city been so wrought imperial completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories and a fringe of 5) ___________________ dwelling-houses on its outskirts. Its industrial section is wiped out. Its business section is wiped out. Its social and 6.) ___________________ section is wiped out. The factories and warehouses, the residential great stores and newspaper buildings, the hotels and the palaces of the 7.) _______________ are all gone. nabobs Within an hour after the earthquake shock the smoke of San Franciscos burning was a 8.) ____________ lurid tower visible a hundred miles away. And for three days and nights this tower swayed in the sky, reddening the sun, darkening the day, and filling the land with smoke.
Write the words you used in the appropriately numbered blank. In front of the number, write the letter of the word from the text that has a similar meaning. Examples of correct fill-in the blank words: __________ D __________ G __________ B __________ A __________ F __________ C 1. _______________________________ fire 2. _______________________________ guessing 3. _______________________________ done 4. _______________________________ grand or large 5. _______________________________ shack or house 6. _______________________________ living or neighborhood A. imperial B. wrought C. residential D. conflagration E. lurid F. dwelling-houses G. estimating H. nabobs
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H __________ E __________
wealthy 7. _______________________________ brightly colored or horrible 8. _______________________________
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Analyzing Words with Context Clues

The Story of an Eyewitness

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Analyzing Words with Context Clues

The Story of an Eyewitness

By Jack London, Colliers special correspondent

wealthy 7. _ brightly colored or horrible 8. _

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