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Context Clues

Context Clues. Some authors "leak" information on the page and it sometimes requires detective work to "solve" word meanings. Context clues are helpful for learning new words and help you to better understanding what you read. Use clues to figure out what an unfamiliar word means.

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Context Clues

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  1. Context Clues

  2. Some authors "leak" information on the page and it sometimes requires detective work to "solve" word meanings. • Context clues are helpful for learning new words and help you to better understanding what you read. • Use clues to figure out what an unfamiliar word means.

  3. Steps for using context clues: • Remember LPR3 (Look-before, at, and after the new word) • Predict-quickly predict the word's meaning, remembering that a wrong prediction is often a good start • Reason-think more carefully about the word's meaning, trying to be as precise as the context clues permit • Resolve-recognize that you may need to take other steps (e.g., look it up, ask someone) • Redo­-go through the steps again if necessary

  4. "Billy's reply was incoherent." • "First, I need to look before, at, and after the unfamiliar word incoherent. • Then I need to predict what the word might mean by substituting other words that could make sense in the sentence, like funny, silly, clever, or wrong. • When I try to reason or look more closely at the context, all I know is that incoherent is being used to describe Billy's reply. • I think I need more help to resolve the meaning of this word."

  5. "Due to a severe lack of sleep and extreme nervousness, Billy's reply was incoherent." • When I look this time, there are no words after incoherent, but I can figure out a lot from what's before the word. • I'm going to predict that it means ‘does not make any sense. • My reason is that it says ‘severe lack of sleep and extreme nervousness.' • I think I can resolve the meaning based on this context because I know what it's like when I'm overtired and nervous."

  6. Types of context Clues • Definition–the word is defined directly and clearly in the sentence in which it appears. “ The arbitrator, the neutral person chosen to settle the dispute, arrived at her decision.” • Antonym (or contrast)–often signaled by the words whereas, unlike, or as opposed to. -“Unlike Jamaal’s room, which was immaculate, Jeffrey’s room was very messy.” -“Whereas Melissa is quite lithe, her sister is clumsy and awkward.”

  7. Synonym (or restatement)–other words are used in the sentence with similar meanings. “The slender woman was so thin her clothes were too big on her. • Inference–word meanings are not directly described, but need to be inferred from the context. -“Walt’s pugnacious behavior made his opponent back down.” -“ The man gigged the large fish, but he needed his friend to enlarge the hole to drag it out of the frigid water.”

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