SOL Review: Word Study

Reorder

Put the steps for answering these types of context clues questions in order.

• Read and highlight the cues and clues in the question stem.

• If a sentence is provided with the question, read the sentence, and highlight the word you are looking for in one color and the clue to its meaning in another color.

• Read the sentence with a BLANK in place of the focus word, and put a synonym in that makes sense.

• Highlight the focus word and the clue to its meaning in EACH answer choice.

• Replace the focus word with the synonym you used in the sentence, and see which one makes the most sense.

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Poll

How confident are you that you can answer questions about context clues on the SOL?

• So confident that I could teach the skill to the class.

• I feel prepared to tackle them.

• I need more practice.

• I have no idea what a context clue is or how to answer the questions.