Using Context Clues Lesson

When you undertand something based on clues without a direct statement

• inference

• hyperbole

• antonym

• metaphor

Although Antonio still had plenty of time to get there, Antonio dashed from his house to the field for baseball practice.

• show

• move quickly

• delighted

• move slowly

What type of context clues use similar words to help with the meaning of an unknown word?

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Examples

• HDefinitions

Telling what a word means within the sentence is an example of what type of context clue?

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Example

• Definition

Trina felt her eyelids start to close. She needed to stay awake and take notes. She didn't want to doze off during the reading lesson.

• lose

• wake up

• fall asleep

• jump

Inferencing means to:

• make a prediction

• write a summary

• take a guess

• choose what's most important

What do you need in order to make an inference? (select 2)

• author's name

• the text

• the picture

• your brain

Which is NOT an opinion clue word?

• worst

• smartest

• should

• prove

An inquiry project causes the writer to dredge up interesting facts.​ ​​ Using your context clues, in this sentence dredge means: ​

1. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth

2. to remove sand, silt, mud, etc., from the bottom of

3. to locate and reveal by painstaking investigation or search​ ​ (a)  

• 1

• 2

• 3

"The reader can tell" is an example of which type of question?

• main idea

• fact/opinion

• synonym/antonym

• inference