I returned to school soon after the war was over. The entire place, where the school used to be, was in _____.

What type of context clue that provides readers with varying examples to allow them to fully examine the unfamiliar words?

What type of context clue that provides the meaning of unfamiliar words that can be inferred or guessed from the description of the situation?

I returned to school soon after the war was over. The entire place, where the school used to be, was in _____.

What type of context clue that provides the synonyms of words to give the meaning of unfamiliar words?

The director felt remorse, or shame, for hiring some incompetent employees.

What other words from the sentence that give synonyms to the underlined word?

My friends and I spent the first school day in tents. These were only temporary. We would be in a more permanent place once the buildings were rebuilt. Despite the _______ around us, people went about picking up their lives.

We left the campsite after spending a wretched night in torrential rain.

Define wretched.

Alex was excited by the tremendous monster trucks at the show. They were bigger than he had ever seen.

What does tremendous probably mean?

The successful man earned his millions through deceit and chicanery.

Define chicanery.

We could tell by the rotten smell that something putrid was in our trash can.

Janice thought the man was friendly, but Casey thought he was malicious.

Antonym: Some children were willing to play in the snow, but others were reluctant because it was so cold.

What is the best meaning of the word reluctant?

What type of context clue can you use to determine the meaning of affable?

Juan is quite affable.

In fact, he reminds me of Kyle.

Do you remember how kind Kyle was?

What type of context clue can you use to determine the meaning of affable?

I miss Mr. Kim. He was so affable.

Our new neighbor is not like him at all.

Our new neighbor is so cranky and unapproachable.