Retest: Context Clues Vocabulary

Define Context clues

• Authors will include an explanation of the word’s meaning through the definition.

• the literal definition of a word.

• writers use for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning.

• hints in the surrounding text that a reader can use to infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Define Figurative Language

• writers use for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning.

• the literal definition of a word.

• Authors will include an explanation of the word’s meaning through the definition.

• An author offers a clue to the meaning of a word through a contrast.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Define Denotation

• An author offers a clue to the meaning of a word through a comparison.

• An author provides one or more examples that can be used to determine the meaning of a word.

• writers use for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning.

• the literal definition of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Define Connotation

• hints in the surrounding text that a reader can use to infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

• the associations and emotions that words evoke.

• An author offers a clue to the meaning of a word through a contrast.

• An author provides one or more examples that can be used to determine the meaning of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define Definition Context Clues

• An author provides one or more examples that can be used to determine the meaning of a word.

• An author offers a clue to the meaning of a word through a contrast.

• Authors will include an explanation of the word’s meaning through the definition.

• the literal definition of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define Example Context Clues

• writers use for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning.

• the literal definition of a word.

• An author offers a clue to the meaning of a word through a comparison

• An author provides one or more examples that can be used to determine the meaning of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Define Comparison Context Clues

• the associations and emotions that words evoke.

• An author offers a clue to the meaning of a word through a comparison.

• An author provides a clue to the meaning of a word through the use of a cause-and-effect relationship.

• hints in the surrounding text that a reader can use to infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Define Contrast Context Clues

• Authors will include an explanation of the word’s meaning through the definition.

• An author offers a clue to the meaning of a word through a contrast.

• the literal definition of a word.

• hints in the surrounding text that a reader can use to infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define Cause-and-effect Context Clues

• An author provides one or more examples that can be used to determine the meaning of a word.

• the literal definition of a word.

• An author provides a clue to the meaning of a word through the use of a cause-and-effect relationship.

• the literal definition of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C