CONTEXT CLUES

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

• EXPLANATION/ Example Clue

• DEFINITION/ Statement Clue

• ANTONYM/ Contrast Clue

• SYNONYM/ Similar Clue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

In the sentence, Joanna is fond of mountain-escapade the same way with Patrick who goes on a beach adventure.

What is the synonym or similar term to the underlined word?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

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

• Cause & Effect clue

• INFERENCE / reasoning

• EXPLANATION/ Example clue

• DEFINITION/ statement clue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• opportunity

• devastation

• necessary

• unbroken

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

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

• Comparison or Sameness Clue

• DEFINITION/ Statement Clue

• INFERENCE / reasoning Clue

• SYNONYMS/ Similar Clue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

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

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

• director

• shame

• hiring

• incompetent

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

In your understanding, what is context clue?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

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.

• converse

• chaos

• world

• orderly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Jonathan is gregarious, unlike his shy brother.

What word in the sentence that gives the antonym of the underlined word?

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

As a country in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines always experiences different natural calamities such as typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

What type of context clue is used in the sentence?

• SYNONYMS

• CAUSE & EFFECT

• COMPARISON

• EXAMPLE

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A