Context Clues and Word Meanings

What are context clues?

• Words with the same meaning.

• Words with opposite meanings.

• Hints or clues in a reading that help us find the meaning of unknown words.

• Clues to solve a crime.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

Some types of context clues are?

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Examples

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

What is an explanation?

• Words with opposite meaning.

• Words before or after an unknown word that help explain an unknown word.

• Words with the same meaning.

• Words that sound the same but different meanings.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What are examples?

• What the story is mostly about.

• Words with opposite meanings.

• Where the story takes place.

• Words usually right after an unknown word that give an example of the unknown word.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Use context clues to match the underlined word in each sentence below with its meaning.

• serious

• If we use the red napkins, my mom will be happy, but my dad will be discontent.

• even

• Gordon’s shapes were perfectly symmetrical while Janice’s were crooked and uneven.

• unhappy

• The mood in the church was very solemn although the pretty bride was smiling as she saw her flower girl dancing at the altar.

• tuneless

• The music coming from the guitar class was discordant unlike the melodious music in the piano class.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Use context clues to figure this out:
Mike always had terrible aim. But after two summers at a baseball camp, he is now an adroit pitcher. 

• careless

• skillful

• inexperienced

• motivated

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

Use the words below to complete the

sentence.

I knew the student government had become

​ (a)   when they wouldn’t let me in their

meeting. My ​ (b)   entrance shocked them.

• corrupt

• abrupt

• fragile

• fraction

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Read the following and match the underlined word to it's definition.

Remember use IDEAS:

I-Inference

D-Definition

E-Example

A-Antonym

S-Synoym

• The sun, stars, and the moon are celestial bodies.

• Objects in space such as the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

• Citizens have certain unalienable rights. These are rights that cannot be taken away.

• Cannot be taken away or denied.

• I definitely have a predilection for anything with chocolate. (Hint: use Inferencing Skills)

• a preference; a tendency to like something.

• The new girl was aloof. She seemed uninterested and unsociable.

• A scientist who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record.

• The paleontologist, a scientist who studies the remains of living organisms, went to the site.

• Not friendly; Cold; Distant.

Tags

6.2B

Unlike the other candidates, who stammered and stuttered through their speeches, Lilli was eloquent. What is the best definition of "eloquent?"

• well-spoken

• musical

• quick witted

• intelligent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

"Voldemort was a malevolent force in the world -- cruel, violent, and evil." In the previous sentence, you can define the word "malevolent" through the use of:

• antonyms

• synonyms

• homonyms

• homophones

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A