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Context Clues. Reading Strategies. Types:. Definition type Restatement Type Example type Comparison or Contrast type Cause‑and‑Effect Relationship Type. Definition Type. Example: - The art of making women's hats is called millinery .
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Context Clues Reading Strategies
Types: • Definition type • Restatement Type • Example type • Comparison or Contrast type • Cause‑and‑Effect Relationship Type
Definition Type • Example: - The art of making women's hats is called millinery. - A ship that can travel under the surface of the ocean is a submarine. - Circulatemeans to move around and return to the same place.
Let’s check! Exercise 1: • is / an unarmed fighting art (ศิลปะการต่อสู้ด้วยมือเปล่า) • refers to / people who arrived in America from other countries after 1885 (คนที่อพยพมาอเมริกา หลังปี 1885) • are called / main sections of a story‑book(บทของหนังสือหรืองานเขียน) • means / the use of commas and periods at the end of lines in the letter headings and addresses (เครื่องหมายในการจบประโยค) • are called / people who study the stars(นักดาราศาสตร์)
Restatement type • Example: • He is standing on the porch‑ a door way or entrance to a building. • You can take an escalator, or a moving staircase to go down to the platform. • These two circles are concentric. In other words, they have the same centre.
Let’s check! Exercise 2: • or / feeling (ความรู้สึก / อคติ) • –xx– / to travel by asking car or truck drivers for free rides (การโบกรถ) • in other words / the tree’s trunk, branches and twigs (กิ่งก้านของต้นไม้) • that is / a person who writes about someone’s life (นักเขียนชีวประวัติของผู้อื่น) • or / gives (ให้)
Example type • Example: • Do you participate in one of the more popular avocation, such as jogging, playing tennis, or stamp collecting? • When you arrange the condiment shelf , put the salt and pepper next to the paprika.
Let’s check! Exercise 3: • –xx– / cars, planes, and trains / kinds of transportation (ยานพาหนะ) • such as / vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C and calcium / many substances needed for good health(แร่ธาตุ / ไวตามิน) • x : x / crocodiles, turtles and snakes / a kind of animals which produces eggs and uses the heat of the sun to keep its blood warm (สัตว์เลือดเย็น / สัตว์เลี้อยคลาน) • for example / geography, oceanography, and chemistry / a kind of subjects (วิชาวิทยาศาสตร์) • –xx, for example– / Einstein, Edison and Disney /talented people (อัจฉริยะ)
Comparison or Contrast type • Example: • An elephant is immense, comparing to a mouse. • Dick was volublewhile his friend, Nick, was quiet. • Some plants die in wet soil, but most thrive.
Let’s check! Exercise 4: • in contrast / small (เล็ก) • but / not lazy (ขยัน) • like / people who want to know everything (กระตือรือร้น) • though / not dull or active (ฉลาด) • while / a little money to spend (ยากจน)
Cause‑and‑Effect Relationship Type • Example: • Mr.Rondid not have time to take his clothes to the laundryso he had to wash and iron them himself. • We can see things through a piece of glass because it is transparent.
Let’s check! Exercise 5: • since / can’t hear any noise (หูหนวก) • as / love very much (รักมาก) • so / tired (เหนื่อย) • cause / confusion (ตื่นตระหนก) • like / to be clever and deceiving (เจ้าเล่ห์)