Identifying Context Clues

These are important words or phrases in a sentence that helps in identifying the meaning of difficult word or items in a sentence.

• Passage

• Context Clues

• Phrase

• Clause

It is a type of context clue that provides readers with varying examples to allow them fully examine the unfamiliar words.

• Comparison or Sameness Clue

• Antonym or Contrast Clue

• Synonym or Restatement Clue is

• Explanation or Example Clue

It is a type of context clue that provides the synonyms of words to provide the meaning of an unfamiliar word or words.

• Synonym or Restatement Clue

• Antonym or Contrast Clue

• Inference or General Text Clue

• Comparison or Sameness Clue

It is a type of context clue that tells the opposite meaning of the difficult word. It shows contrast.

• Synonym or Restatement Clue

• Definition or Statement Clue

• Antonym or Contrast Clue

• Cause-and-Effect Clue

It is a type of context clue that provides direct statement or meaning of the unfamiliar word/s.

• Definition or Statement Clue

• Antonym or Contrast Clue

• Explanation or Example Clue

• Comparison or Sameness Clue

Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue. Bernadette precariously climbed the highest mountain in the country.

• hopefully

• dangerously

• lazily

• gracefully

Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue. The extremely dry weather sweltered the dried leaves in the backyard.

• ate

• burned

• slept

• sunbathed

Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue. Despite the heavy rains, the sea remains placid.

• wild

• rough

• calm

• wet

Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue. I am an advocate of anti-corruption movement in the country. I want to lessen corruption.

• opponent

• primer

• enemy

• supporter

Identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence through the context clue. The student was asked to clarify his answers for everybody to understand his point.

• stop

• explain

• call

• remove