Context Clues
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- Context Clues - words that appear in sentences to help understand the meanings of different words.
- There are 9 types of Context Clues:
- By definition
- By synonym
- By antonym
- By comparison
- By example
- By explanation
- By cause-effect
- By list or series of clues
- By inference
- By definition - The meaning of the word is directly stated.
- By synonym - a similar word is placed in the same sentence to know the meaning of the unfamiliar word.
- By antonym - an opposite word is placed in the same sentence as the unfamiliar wor.
- By comparison - a similar word with the same meaning of the unfamiliar word is placed with an object to be compared. Example: "I'm as carefree about it as a bird floating among the clouds."
- By example - examples are provided in the sentence to understand the meaning of the unfamiliar word.
- By explanation - a description is given to understand the meaning of the unfamiliar word.
- By cause and effect - the meaning of the difficult word depends on the cause - effect relationship of other words as expressed in the sentence.
- By list or series of clues - to understand the meaning of the unknown word, it is included in a series of words given in a sentence.
- By inference - to understand the meaning of the unknown word, one has to make a guess based on the description given in the sentence.