Vocab 7 Context Clues

Sometimes my mother acts as though I choose books just to aggravate her. However, annoying her is the farthest thing from my mind.

• my mother acts

• from my mind

• annoying her

She doesn’t think the books I read fulfill her requirements for good literature. She doesn’t believe they live up to the books she read as a girl.

• the books I read

• they live up to

• read as a girl

I maintain that this is because she hasn’t read any of my books. I claim that if she read them, she would see that they are excellent.

• she hasn't read

• I claim that

• they are excellent

One thing we do have in common is that I anticipate, or look forward to, a trip to the library just as much as she does.

• look forward to

• have in common

• as much as she does

We both also enjoy books of high caliber, so we both look for worthwhile reading material, even though we take home completely different books.

• we take home

• worthwhile reading material

• also enjoy books

Sometimes we choose books that are designed to distract us. For example, we occasionally like to read humorous books because they take our minds off of our problems.

• we choose books that are designed

• like to read humorous books

• take our minds off of our problems

My mother is quite eloquent when she speaks about the books she read as a girl. She describes the stories so well with her words that I can picture all the characters.

• my mother is quite eloquent

• about the books she read as a girl

• describes the stories so well with her words

Another thing we have in common is that we both go through phases in our reading. Right now I’m in a period of really enjoying detective fiction.

• we have in common

• in our reading

• in a period of

We both love to while away a placid, peaceful Sunday afternoon with a good book.

• we both love

• with a good book

• peaceful Sunday afternoon

Last Sunday I finished an Agatha Christie novel. There was a woman on the cover who looked like a fragile porcelain figurine my grandmother has on her mantelpiece.

• last Sunday I finished

• fragile figurine

• woman on the cover