Using Context Clues Lesson

In the text, the protagonist is described as "melancholy" after losing his cherished pet. What does "melancholy" mean?

• Joyful

• Sad

• Indifferent

• Excited

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DOK Level 1: Recall

The novel's ending was **bittersweet**, leaving readers happy and sad at the same time. What does **bittersweet** mean in this context?

• Joyful

• Tragic

• Mixed emotions

• Flavorful

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

True or False: Good readers look for context clues BEFORE asking their teacher what a word means.

• True

• False

Context clues are...

• Clues or hints that readers use to find the meaning of a word he/she does not know

• not useful to the reader unless they are writing an essay

• the message or lesson a story teaches

• the supporting details of a central idea

Authors sometimes use ______ or words that have the opposite meaning to help readers understand the meaning of a word used in the text.

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Oxymorons

• Hyperboles

This is an example of using what type of context clue: We want to move out of our small house and into a more spacious house. Small is an _____ of the word spacious. This shows the word spacious means big.

• Preposition

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Verb

Authors will sometimes use ___ to help clarify what a word means or a specific way something is used.

• Examples

• Sentences

• Pictures

• None of the above

Sometimes the author will include the actual ____ of an unknown word in the sentence the unknown word is found.

• Synonym

• Picture

• Definition

• Answer

I made an inference using my scheme and the information from the text.

• When a reader uses clues from the text and what they already know to make a guess.

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words.

• Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

Clues that surround words that help the reader understand the meaning.

• context clues

• effect

• synonym

• homophone