Quiz Bee Flashcards
phrases or sayings with actual meanings that are different from the literal ones.
Idiomatic Expressions
are the information in a text that help readers understand unknown words or expressions.
Context Clues
the author provides a direct (explicit) definition of an unknown word in the sentence.
Definition
the author uses a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a sentence.
Synonym or Restatement
the author uses another word or phrase that means the opposite of an unfamiliar word.
Antonym or Contrast
the author uses words and phrases that have the same or similar meaning as an ufamiliar word.
Comparison
the author provides examples or additional explanations or summaries to help you understand an unfamiliar word. The word is cleared up by giving an example.
Example/Explanation
refers to a group of words that often go together or that are likely to occur together.
Collocations
an expression or phrase whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words. In other words something different than the individual words.”
Idioms
are words, phrases or sentences that connect two ideas or make logical transitions between them.
Logical Connectors
first, second, third,… next, lastly, finally, in the beginning, before, during, meantime, while, after, afterward, until, at last, in the end, ect.
Sequential Connectors
further, furthermore, moreover, in addition, too, ect.
Corroborative Connectors
and, like, both, all, likewise, similarly, also, as well as, just as, ect.
Comparative Connectors
