Contextual clues

What is the meaning of contextual clues?

• Finding the clues in context

• Guessing the clues in context

• Guessing the meaning from the clues in context

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Due to her busy schedule she forgot to have any meals. By supper time, she's feeling famished and ready to gobble down her food.

What is famished?

• feeling faint

• extremely hungry

• super tired

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.

• hungry
• thirsty
• sleepy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

If you don't curtail your spending, you'll be broke in no time at all!

• follow
• reduce
• behind
• buy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Your cousin claimed to be late because the doors of his house were frozen shut. Even though I have my doubts, his explanation is plausible. It got really cold last night. I'll just have to take his word for it.

• you must always believe it
• you should never believe it
• it's hard to understand because it makes no sense
• it's believable enough to possibly be true

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

He looked perplexed when he was told he had the wrong answer.

• angry

• puzzled

• sad

• exhausted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

We could tell by the rotten smell, that something putrid was in our trash can.

The word putrid means:

• ample

• alive

• rotten

• appealing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Phyllis felt elated when she won the race.

The word elated means:

• sick

• miserable

• tired

• happy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Katie appeared infallible in math class because she had never gotten a problem wrong.

The word infallible means:

• incorrect

• never wrong

• mistaken

• wrong

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The insidious burglar was able to sneak into the house without being heard or seen.

The word insidious means:

• loud

• strong

• clumsy

• sneaky

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F