CONTEXT CLUES MIDTERM

What are context clues?

• words

• hints or clues that help understand unfamiliar words

• strategies

• mystery

There are several context clues strategies. What are they?

• peanut butter and jelly

• definition, examples, word parts, antonyms, synonyms

• glossary, sentence before and after, signal words, punctuation, prefixes, suffixes

• B and C

hot and cold are examples of:

• synonym

• meaning

• glossary

• antonym

laugh and giggle are examples of:

• word parts

• suffixes

• synonyms

• punctuation

Disorder means:

• in order

• not in order

• clean

• dirty

Sloths are herbivors. Herbivors are animals that eat only plants. What does the word herbivors mean?

• eats fish

• eats only rocks

• drinks water

• eats only plants

An MP3 player and cellphone are devices that are expensive. What does the word devices mean?

• utensil

• an electronic device

• meat

• water

Context Clues are words that say, "Stop, Don't touch that dictionary." Why?

• Because the meaning is somewhere within the paragraph

• You need a glossary

• You need to read the paragraph again

• You need to answer the phone

My brother said, "I just freed myself from a very loquacious history professor. All he seemed to want was an audience. Loquacious means:

• pretentious

• grouchy

• talkative

• worried

There is no doubt that the idea of living in such a benign climate was appealing, The islanders seem to keep their vitality and live longer than Europeans. Benign means:

• tropical

• not malignant

• kind

• favorable