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Context Clues

by Kimberly Harris

Poll

How familiar are you with using context clues to find the meaning of an unknown word?

​Context Clues

​The anchor chart here shows the different types of context clues you will encounter while reading a text.

Multiple Choice

What is an antonym?

• Word that means the same

• Word that means the opposite 

• Word that is different

• Word that means favorite

Multiple Choice

I called him a nuisance because he annoyed me with his incessant line of questioning.

What type of context clue is found for the unknown word?

• synonym

• example

• definition

• an

Multiple Choice

The doctor's order was ineligible; no one could read those scribbles.

What type of context clue is found here?

• definition

• antonym

• synonym

• example

Multiple Choice

This painting of the landscape is picturesque, while one of the old houses is just plain ugly.

What type of context clue is used here?

• definiton

• synonym

• antonym

• example

Multiple Choice

I returned to school soon after the war was over. The entire place, where the school used to be, was in _____.

• opportunity

• necessary

• devastation

• destroyed

Multiple Choice

The director felt remorse, or shame, for hiring some incompetent employees. What other words from the sentence that give synonyms to the underlined word?

• incompetent

• shame

• hiring

• director

Multiple Choice

My friends and I spent the first school day in tents. These were only temporary. We would be in a more permanent place once the buildings were rebuilt. Despite the _______ around us, people went about picking up their lives.

• converse

• world

• chaos

• orderly

Multiple Choice

The voracious team members ate one pizza each after the swim meet. Define voracious.

• funny

• starving

• satisfied

• sleepy

Multiple Choice

We left the campsite after spending wretched night in torrential rain. Define wretched.

• sorrowful

• suspenseful

• comfortable

• miserable

Multiple Choice

The spy travelled incognito into enemy territory. Define incognito.

• safely

• in disguise

• quickly

• foolishly

Multiple Choice

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

• Explanation
• Synonym
• Antonym
• Homonym

Multiple Choice

Which clue uses these signal words : however, although, on the other hand, but

• synonym

• antonym

• definition

• example

Multiple Choice

If you see the words "for example" or "such as," you are probably reading which type of context clue?

• definition

• example

• synonym (restatement)

• antonym (contrast)

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of the highlighted word?

The teacher was appalled, or disgusted, by the honey-covered homework the student turned in.

• Pleased

• Surprised

• Frustrated

• Disgusted

Multiple Choice

Which context clue does the following sentence utilize?

The teacher was appalled, or disgusted, by the honey-covered homework the student turned in.

• Definition

• Example

• Synonym

• Inference

Multiple Choice

What context clues does the following sentence utilize?

Obnoxious behavior in the movie theater - for instance burping, talking loudly, or playing around - is considered childish by most people.

• Example

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Definition

Multiple Choice

What would be an antonym to the italicized word?

The unexpected snowfall left all the new flowers frozen on their stems.

• Ice-covered

• Chilled

• Stiffened

• Thawed

Multiple Choice

What word is a synonym with the italicized word?

Having strong incentives, such as extra credit, can motivate students to do their work.

• Barriers

• Reasons

• Obstacles

• Deterrents