Informational Text Context Clues

Using context clues and your own background knowledge, what most closely aligns to the meaning of the word poverty as it is used in the example above?

• The practice of moving from city to city to find a well-paying job

• The state of being hurt physically

• The state of an area’s natural environment

• The state of being extremely poor

Using context clues and your own background knowledge, what most closely aligns to the meaning of the word lull as it is used in the example above?

• Extreme Danger

• A moment of quiet

• Extreme Caution

• To speed up

“Come on, Fancifoot. Up two steps and we’ll be safe. Come on, boy,” Betty coaxed as she pulled him into the house.”

Using context clues and your own background knowledge, what most closely aligns to the meaning of the word coaxed as it is used in the example above?

• To help someone or something

• To show fear

• To persuade someone or something

• To listen closely

What type of text teaches you something usually by giving you facts?

• Narrative

• Informational

• Argumentative

​ (a)   ​ are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence.

• Context clues

• Strategies

• Themes

• Settings

• Main ideas

Which phrase from the passage provides context clues for the meaning of the word savvy?

• "When I observe my sister"

• "I find her"

• "Shrewd and clever"

You can usually figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase by looking at its ____.

• main idea

• other paragraphs

• context clues

What are context clues?

• Background information about the author.

• Sentences that are difficult to understand.

• Words or phrases that have multiple meanings.

• Hints or information within a text that help readers understand the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases.

Santa Claus was so portly that his doctor declared him overweight. He will let her know once he returns to the North Pole.

Which word or phrase from the passage is the best context clue to know the meaning of the word "portly"?

• let her know

• overweight

• doctor declared

• returns

These help you find the meaning of a word; they are the words surrounding a word

• domain specific vocabulary

• synonym

• context clues

• antonym