Vocabulary with Context Clues

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.

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.

Some types of context clues are?

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Examples

• All of the above

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 the Vocabulary: Context Clue chart to match the following:

• Word Part

• • There may be a word that means the opposite, of the unknown word. 

  
  

• Definition

• By giving examples of what something is, we can determine the meaning of an unknown word.

• Antonym

• Morphemes such as prefixes, suffixes, and root words may be good clues to determine what the word may mean.

• Synonym

• a word that means the same as the unknown word may be included in a sentence, or one nearby.

• Example

• Text around a word and/or sentence may include the meaning of the word.

Tags

V1.3

Despite his reputation for being cantankerous, Mr. Johnson donated generously to local charities.

• Unfriendly and quarrelsome

• Cheerful and friendly

• Indifferent and uninterested

• Meticulous and detailed

A "belligerent" person is likely to be:

• Peaceful

• Aggressive

• Friendly

• Indifferent

A rendition is: (a)  

• A legal term for surrender

• A performance or interpretation

• A type of painting

• A mathematical formula

Define Context clues

• Authors will include an explanation of the word’s meaning through the definition.

• the literal definition of a word.

• writers use for descriptive effect rather than literal meaning.

• hints in the surrounding text that a reader can use to infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

Based on context clues, what is the meaning of the underlined word?

The class decided to exhibit the science projects during Parent Teacher Conferences.

• lose

• eat

• show