Word Meaning

The five strategies to arrive at word meaning of unfamiliar words that we discussed in class are...

Answer explanation

1. 1.Look in the dictionary.

2. 2. Look for context clues.

3. 3. Look for word roots.

4. 4. Look for prefixes.

5. 5. Look for suffixes.

What are context clues?

• Context Clues are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

• Secrets I can find.

• The setting of a story.

• Specific points the author wants to make.

The IDEA acronym for remember types of context clues stands for...

• Ideas

  Deals

  Examples

  Acronyms

  Sentences

• Context Clues in Sentences

• Independent Work

  Definitions

  Excellence

  Antonyms

  Synonyms

• Inference

  Definition

  Example

  Antonym

  Synonym

Which type of context clues can I find in the following for the word arrogant?

Ricardo is so arrogant. He needs to learn to be nice, like his brother Jose.

• Definition

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Inference

What does the word root logy mean?

• The study of/Science of

• water

• star

• to do

What does the word root aqua mean?

• write

• earth

• water

• hear/listen

What does the word root dem/o mean?

• water

• the people

• life

• star

What does the word root, act, mean?

• earth

• water

• to do

• write

Based on what you know about word roots, what does the word hydrate mean in the following sentence?

I am so thirsty after my hike in the desert that I need to hydrate as soon as possible.

• a sea plane

• To provide someone or something with liquids or water

• the technique of growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil

Based on what you know about word roots, what does the word, autograph, mean in the following sentence?

She is my favorite star and she gave me her autograph at the concert yesterday.

• Graphite is a crystalline form of the element carbon that's used to make pencils.

• a written diagram showing the relation between variable quantities

• A grapheme is a written symbol that represents a sound

• The signature of a famous person's name in written form.