Context Clues Review

When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?

• Look for clues in the text

• Ignore it.

• Look it up in a dictionary

• Ask the teacher what it means

Type of context clue that has a similar/same meaning as unfamiliar word

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Explanation

• Example

Which type of context clue provides an opposite definition of the unfamiliar word?

• synonym

• antonym

• example

• explanation

Which type of context clue often provides a list of sample descriptions of the unfamiliar word?

• synonym

• antonym

• explanation

• example

What type of context clue that provides the meaning of unfamiliar words that can be inferred or guessed from the description of the situation?

• Cause & Effect clue

• INFERENCE / reasoning

• EXPLANATION/ Example clue

• DEFINITION/ statement clue

What are context clues?

• clues in the the text that help the reader identify the theme

• Clues in the the text that help the reader identify the main idea

• clues in the text that help the reader define unfamiliar words

• clues in the text that help the reader identify the plot

Select ALL that apply: Which of the following is a type of context clue?

• Synonyms

• Examples

• Definitions

• Antonyms

We remembered to bring all the provisions, such as water, food, and warm clothing on the hike.

What clues help you guess what provisions mean?

• we remembered

• water, food, warm clothing

• hike

• bring

Her quiet, timid ways made it hard for her to make friends.

There is a synonym clue that helps you figure out the meaning of timid-what is the synonym?

• friends

• hard

• ways

• quiet

Based on the example clue in the passage below, ecstatic means...

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days.

• nervous

• watchful

• discouraged

• excited