Types of Context Clues
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| What are Context Clues? | show 🗑
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| show | -definition or example, synonym or restatement, antonym or opposite, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, example, and general knowledge clues
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| show | The unknown word is followed by a comma or dash and a synonym or definition. Additional clues can include words such as "or", "is called", "that is", and "in other words".
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| show | the unknown word is followed by an example that illustrates and clarifies a difficult concept. Signal words: "such as", "including", "for instance", "to illustrate,'are examples of",and "for example'
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| show | an opposite meaning of the vocabulary word is provided. The clue often requires students to catch and understand the signal word. The contrast/antonym clue often appears in the same or subsequent sentence.
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| What are Description Clues? | show 🗑
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| What are Words and Phrases that Modify? | show 🗑
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| What effect does making an Inference upon reading an unknown word have? | show 🗑
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| show | the context clue begins with a conjunction to show the relationship between words. Coordinating conjunctions include 'since", "because', 'even though", "if", 'just as", 'when", "whenever", "until", and "although"
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| show | the reader is required to draw on personal experience of similar situations and make an inference to identify unknown word. the unknown word WILL NOT be defined or restated and no antonym will be offered
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| show | What are, Definition Context Clues
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| "also", "as", "identical", "like", "likewise", "resembling", "same", "similar", and "too" are examples of what type of Context Clue? | show 🗑
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| "but", "however", "in contrast", "instead of", "on the other hand", "though", and "unlike" are examples of what type of Context Clues? | show 🗑
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| show | What are, Comparison and Contrast Context Clues
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| show | What are, Cause and Effect Context Clues
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| "for example", "For instance", "including", 'like", "such as", 'that is', 'specifically', "to illustrate" are examples of what type of context Clues? | show 🗑
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| show | what are, General Context Clues
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| The sentence: Unlike his quiet and low key family, Brad is garrulous. Is an example of what type of Context Clue? | show 🗑
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