Context Clues Day 1

Context Clues Day 1

Definition Clues

• Definition Clue: A word or brief phrase that has a similar meaning to another word

  
  

• Clues:

  Between or after commas After certain words (is, are, means, refers to, consists of, is called, that is, etc.) Between dashes In parentheses

Open Ended

If your house depreciates, that means it loses some of its value.

What does depreciates mean?

Open Ended

A facsimile is always an exact copy.

What does facsimile mean?

Open Ended

The workers built a trestle, a braced framework made of wood, as a support for the railroad tracks where they crossed a stream.

What does trestle mean?

Synonym Clue

• Synonym: A word or brief phrase that has a similar meaning to another word

• Clues:

  May appear in the same sentence as the unknown word Can appear before or after unknown word

Open Ended

The cadence, or rhythm, of the Dixieland band had many people tapping their feet along with the music.

Open Ended

Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his macabre short stories and poems. His eerie tale “The Fall of the House of Usher” was later made into a horror movie starring Vincent Price.

Open Ended

While she was out of the country, Greta authorized me to act as her proxy, or agent, in matters having to do with her business and her personal bank accounts.