Context Clues and Word Meanings

What are context clues?

• Words with the same meaning.

• Words with opposite meanings.

• Hints or clues in a reading that help us find the meaning of unknown words.

• Clues to solve a crime.

Some types of context clues are?

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Examples

• All of the above

What is an explanation?

• Words with opposite meaning.

• Words before or after an unknown word that help explain an unknown word.

• Words with the same meaning.

• Words that sound the same but different meanings.

What are examples?

• What the story is mostly about.

• Words with opposite meanings.

• Where the story takes place.

• Words usually right after an unknown word that give an example of the unknown word.

Use context clues to match the underlined word in each sentence below with its meaning.

• tuneless

• Gordon’s shapes were perfectly symmetrical while Janice’s were crooked and uneven.

• even

• The music coming from the guitar class was discordant unlike the melodious music in the piano class.

• serious

• If we use the red napkins, my mom will be happy, but my dad will be discontent.

• unhappy

• The mood in the church was very solemn although the pretty bride was smiling as she saw her flower girl dancing at the altar.

Use context clues to figure this out:
Mike always had terrible aim. But after two summers at a baseball camp, he is now an adroit pitcher. 

• careless

• skillful

• inexperienced

• motivated

Use the words below to complete the

sentence.

I knew the student government had become

​ (a)   when they wouldn’t let me in their

meeting. My ​ (b)   entrance shocked them.

• corrupt

• abrupt

• fragile

• fraction

Read the following and match the underlined word to it's definition.

Remember use IDEAS:

I-Inference

D-Definition

E-Example

A-Antonym

S-Synoym

• I definitely have a predilection for anything with chocolate. (Hint: use Inferencing Skills)

• A scientist who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record.

• The sun, stars, and the moon are celestial bodies.

• Cannot be taken away or denied.

• The paleontologist, a scientist who studies the remains of living organisms, went to the site.

• Objects in space such as the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

• The new girl was aloof. She seemed uninterested and unsociable.

• Not friendly; Cold; Distant.

• Citizens have certain unalienable rights. These are rights that cannot be taken away.

• a preference; a tendency to like something.

Tags

6.2B

Unlike the other candidates, who stammered and stuttered through their speeches, Lilli was eloquent. What is the best definition of "eloquent?"

• well-spoken

• musical

• quick witted

• intelligent

"Voldemort was a malevolent force in the world -- cruel, violent, and evil." In the previous sentence, you can define the word "malevolent" through the use of:

• antonyms

• synonyms

• homonyms

• homophones