What are some ways to discover the meaning of new words we encounter in a text? Choose all that apply.

Which of the following is an example of "jargon" that someone working in the medical field would frequently use? Select one.

What is summarizing?

Why should you develop basic knowledge?

A strategy is _________________

A definition gives __________________.

Another strategy is to make the vocabulary ____________.

The large and beautiful house of the movie star was palatial.

Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street

The class decided to display the science project during the parents' evening

Typewriters have become obsolete with the development of personal computers.

Violence, whether it is hitting, kicking, or punching, is not tolerated at school.
What type of context clue does this use?

Mr. James wants us to be punctual in the morning, not late.
What type of context clue is used?

Night is the time when many animals search, or seek, food.
What type of context clue is used?

Bob faced a lot of instability in his life. He never knew when he would have money for groceries, if his bills would be paid, or where he would sleep.

Which word has a negative connotation?

Which sentence has a negative connotation?

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through contextual clues.

My friend is very careful about spending money. I admire that, so I call him ______________.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through contextual clues.

I admire the man who jumped onto the subway tracks to save a stranger. He was certainly ________________.

The literal and dictionary definition of a word

The emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

word that means approximately the same thing

Choose the word with the positive connotation.

The Latin word ob, meaning "in the way", helps the reader understand that the word obstrue in the sentence below means —
The construction truck parked on the highway often obstructs traffic during rush hour. 

How many syllables are there in the word "education"?

How many of these definitions are verbs?

What can you find in a dictionary?

Select all that apply.

The main difference between a dictionary and a thesaurus is:

What does "graph" mean?

What does "ped" mean?

The Latin root pop- as in the word population means

The prefix dis-, as in the word dishonest means

auditorium, audible, audition

Last spring, our principal had long brown hair. At the beginning of this school year, I saw her welcoming students back to school and was shocked at how much she had changed. Not only was her hair now blonde, but it was cut drastically. I almost didn't recognize her.
What does drastically mean?

What is a context clue?

Clues found in a sentence or passage that a reader can use to understand the meaning of new or unknown words.

The word "confident" has a ________ connotation.

The word "hideous" has a ________ connotation.

The words an author uses to convey ideas to a reader.

The IMPLIED meaning or the SUGGESTED meaning attached to a word; the ideas and feelings associated with a word.

The DICTIONARY definition of a word.

This provides synonyms (similar words) to help you understand the word you are looking for.

This provides you with definitions, pronunciation, part(s) of speech, history, and origin of a word.

What strategy should you use to read between the lines and understand what the author is saying?

How do you know you are lost while reading a text? Check ALL that apply!

The frame indicates the time of a story.

The time AND place of a story.

The chain of events that make up a story is called

Text-to-text is an example of which strategy?

Which strategy makes a guess as to what will happen later in a story?

look closely at

quote, paraphrase, or refer to something

saying something is true

identify ways that more than one thing is the same

explain what it is like

discover it or decide on it

work on something over a period of time

recognize it for a specific reason

tell more about it

decide if it is good/bad or right/wrong

give information about it or reasons for it that make it easier to understand

saying what something is

think about it

give an answer, react to something

change it to make it better or more accurate

tell the most important information from it

give examples to back up your answer