Context Clues

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What do you call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

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Antonym

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Many Northern birds migrate for the winter.  They return in the spring.

Based on context clues in the passage, migrate means _____________.

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Move away

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When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first? Options: Look for clues in the sentence, Ask your teacher, Look it up in the dictionary, Skip it

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Look for clues in the sentence

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What do you use in a sentence in order to make an intelligent guess about the meaning of a word? Options: prior knowledge, buildings, theories, clues

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clues

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Context clues that are around a difficult word that mean the same or nearly the same as a word are known as

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Synonym Context Clues

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Direct definition context clues are words that give the definition right within the text.

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True

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What do textbook writers and authors use to help the readers understand the meaning of words?

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Context Clues

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These context clues are words around a difficult word that mean the opposite or nearly the opposite as the word.

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Antonym Context Clues

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grimace

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frown

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anxious

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worried