Context clues Flashcards
Define and explain the unfamiliar word used in the sentence
Context clues
Words that appear in sentences to help understand the meanings of difficult words.
Context clues
The unfamiliar word is already describes in the same sentence to know the meaning of the unfamiliar word.
Definition clue
A similar word is placed in the same sentence to know the meaning of the unfamiliar word
Synonym clue
Opposite word is placed in the same sentence
Antonym clue
An unknown word is compared to a more familiar word and uses signals.
Comparison clue
Samples are provided in the sentence to understand the meaning of the unfamiliar word.
Example clue
The meaning of the difficult word depends on the cause-effect relationship of other words as expressed in the sentence.
Cause-effect clue
To understand the meaning of the unknown word, it is included in a series of words given in a sentence.
List or series clue
To understand the meaning of the unknown word, one has to make a guess based on the description given in the sentence.
Inference clue
