Context Clues for Vocabulary Mastery

The video tutorial explains how to use context clues to understand unfamiliar vocabulary. It covers four main types of context clues: rewording, synonyms, antonyms, and details. Each type is illustrated with examples, showing how authors provide hints in texts to help readers deduce word meanings. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of identifying these clues in vocabulary tests.

What are the four main types of context clues?

• Synonyms, Antonyms, Definitions, and Examples

• Rewording, Synonyms, Definitions, and Examples

• Rewording, Synonyms, Antonyms, and Details

• Rewording, Definitions, Antonyms, and Examples

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What does the word 'resentment' mean in the sentence: 'Resentment, a feeling of bitterness and anger, is often felt by people who are passed over for promotions'?

• Happiness

• Bitterness and anger

• Excitement

• Indifference

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

In the sentence 'The cruise family moved from their dilapidated house that was old and run down into a brand new home,' what does 'dilapidated' mean?

• Luxurious

• New and modern

• Spacious

• Old and run down

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does the word 'aloof' mean in the sentence: 'The young girl was very aloof; she always seemed unsociable, unapproachable, or uninterested'?

• Friendly

• Sociable

• Aloof

• Unapproachable

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

In the sentence 'The Three Brothers began to altercate over the game; this was not the first time that they had had a dispute over it,' what does 'altercate' mean?

• Dispute

• Play

• Agree

• Ignore

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does the word 'iniquitous' mean in the sentence: 'Diana appeared to be a very moral and upstanding young lady, but those who knew her knew that she was iniquitous'?

• Kind and generous

• Friendly and sociable

• Moral and upstanding

• Wicked and immoral

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CCSS.L.3.2F

In the sentence 'David was very outgoing as opposed to his coy older sister,' what does 'coy' mean?

• Outgoing

• Friendly

• Talkative

• Shy and reserved

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CCSS.L.3.2F

What does the word 'ecstatic' mean in the sentence: 'Father was ecstatic because Joshua decided to go to the college that he wanted him to'?

• Indifferent

• Angry

• Sad

• Happy

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

In the sentence 'Brian was expeditious when he left the school building; he ran through the halls, jumped in his car, and sped off,' what does 'expeditious' mean?

• Careful

• Slow

• Quick

• Lazy

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word in the sentence 'Father was ecstatic because Joshua decided to go to the college that he wanted him to' indicates a detail?

• Ecstatic

• Because

• College

• Joshua

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4