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.

Some types of context clues are?

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Examples

• All of the above

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.

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.

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

• tuneless

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

• serious

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

• even

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

• unhappy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Not friendly; Cold; Distant.

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

• Cannot be taken away or denied.

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

• a preference; a tendency to like something.

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

"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