lesson 2

• what is the title of lesson 2?

   USING CONTEXTUAL CLUES
• It is the setting of the word.

  context
• These words, phrases, and sentences would help decipher the meaning of difficult words in the selection.

  CONTEXTUAL CLUES
• TYPES OF CONTEXTUAL CLUES (SAECSDS)

  1. Use of Synonyms
  2. Use of Antonyms
  3. Use of Examples
  4. Use of Comparisons
  5. Use of Sense of Sentences
  6. Use Of Derivation Or Structural Analysis
• These are the words having the same meaning or nearly the same meaning.

  synonyms
• synonyms could appear in the following way (dcpr)

  1. by dashes
  2. by commas to separate the appositives
  3. by parenthesis
  4. by restatement or expression
• “She finds solace—a comfort—in the countryside.”

  by dashes
• “The advocates, defenders, of anti-mining formed a picket outside the building.”

  by commas to separate the appositives
• “The local residents are among the hordes (a large group of people) who lined up to take their chance in the contest.”

  by parenthesis
• The smiles of these little children are guileless. They show innocence and no deception.

  by restatement or expression
• These are the words that have the opposite meaning.

  antonyms
• antonyms do not give the definition but provide an idea about the unfamiliar word. Some indicating words are: ‘but’, ‘although’, ‘despite’, ‘instead’, ‘in contrast’, ‘unlike’, ‘however’, ‘even though’, ‘on the contrary’, ‘inversely’, etc.
• are lists of illustrations that make an unfamiliar word clearer and easily understood.

  Examples
• It involves identifying the similarities and differences between two or more things, places, or events.

  comparisons
• Some indicating words are: ‘like’, ‘similar too’, ‘as good as’, ‘similarly’, ‘likewise’, ‘too’, ‘while’, ‘the same as’, ‘in comparison to’, ‘both’, ‘alike’, ‘also’, ‘so is’, and ‘but’.

  comparison
• This type of contextual clue considers the meaning, nature, or significance of the whole sentence.


  sense of sentence
• We use a --- of word meanings from context and structural analysis to break words down into their basic parts to determine the meaning.

  DERIVATION OR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
• The reader breaks words down into their basic parts:

  1. root word
  2. affix
  3. inflectional ending
• It is the base form of a word.

  root word