context clues
Cards (10)
- hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word
- the unfamilliar word is defined in a sentence
- a similar word is placed in the same sentence to know the meaning of the unfamiliar word
- an opposite word is placed in the same sentence
- a similar word with the same meaning of the unfamiliar word is placed with an object to be compared
- samples are provided in the sentence to understand the meaning of the unfamiliar word
- a description is given to understand the meaning of the unfamiliar word
- the meaning of the difficult word depends on the cause and effect relationship of other words as expressed in the sentence.
- to understand the meaning of the unknown word, it is included in a series of words given in a sentence
- to understand the meaning of the unknown word; one has to make a guess based on the description given in the sentence