Context Clues Flashcards
1
Q
The five types of context clues are:
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Definition Restatement Contrast Inference Punctuation
2
Q
Sometimes a word’s or phrase’s meaning is explained immediately after its use.
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Definition
3
Q
Sometimes a hard word or phrase is said in a simple way.
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Restatement
4
Q
Sometimes a word or phrase is clarified by the presentation of the opposite meaning
somewhere close to its use. Look for signal words when applying context clues.
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Contrast
5
Q
Sometimes a word or phrase is not immediately clarified within the same sentence.
Relationships, which are not directly apparent, are inferred or implied. The reader must
look for clues within, before, and after the sentence in which the word is used.
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Inference
6
Q
Readers can also use clues of punctuation and type style to infer meaning, such as quotation marks (showing the word has a special meaning), dashes , parentheses or brackets (enclosing a definition), and italics (showing the word will be defined).
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Punctuation
