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Context Clues (Vocabulary Skills)

Context Clues (Vocabulary Skills). Sandra Sembel. Uphenglishclasses.weebly.com. Learning Targets. What?. text. Clues (Pointers) in the surrounding text that can help us to guess the meaning of a word in a sentence. text. text. text. Word. text. text. text. Context Clues: How?.

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Context Clues (Vocabulary Skills)

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  1. Context Clues(Vocabulary Skills) Sandra Sembel Uphenglishclasses.weebly.com

  2. Learning Targets

  3. What? text Clues (Pointers) in the surrounding text that can help us to guess the meaning of a word in a sentence text text text Word text text text

  4. Context Clues: How? Definition Examples Explanations Synonyms Antonyms Indirect clues

  5. 1. Definition Clues Punctuation Definitions with punctuation use: Parenthesis Dash commas Formal Definition • Formal Definition is normally introduced by words/phrases such as: • Is/are … • that is … • Or … • Means … • i.e

  6. 1. Formal Definitions Some spiders spin silk with tiny organs calledspinnerets Hyperopiaor far sightednessoccurs because there is a defect in vision in which parallel rays come to focus behind the retina.

  7. 2. Definitions with Punctuations • Parenthesis ( ) Jane’s father who was a haberdasher (a men’s shop keeper) started his own business after he resigned from the military. • Dash — • Tom’s father was a haberdasher—a men’s shop keeper. • Commas , Tom’s father was a haberdasher,a men’s shop keeper.

  8. 2. Examples Look for examples of the word in the sentence e.g. The English language has lots of homophones, such as two/too, bear/bare, him/hymn, and soar/sore.

  9. 3. Explanation • Katie is always infallible in math class because she had never gotten a problem wrong. • Never wrong • Never right • Wrong • Incorrect

  10. 4. Synonym Look for a word or phrase in another part of the sentence that has a similar meaning to the word you don’t know. For example: Gary was astonished when he won the lottery, and James was just as surprised.

  11. 5. Antonyms Look for word or phrase in another part of the sentence that has the opposite meaning of the word you don’t know. e.g. Tom was anxious about the test, but Tina was calm. Jason was told to be respectful to his teachers; however, he is often insolent.

  12. 6. Indirect Clues (Inference) Analyze the language around the unfamiliar word. e.g. The professor was a favorite among the students at the college. His sagacity was helpful to them as they pursued their degrees. The professor was known to make the lectures interesting by using his experience, insight, and common sense.

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