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Writing Context Sentences 2:24

Context Clues. Good readers and writers use context, the words and phrases around a word, to help them understand a word they may not know. Context may contain a variety of clues to the meaning of a word: synonyms, comparisons, contrasts, definitions, restatements, and examples of the unknown wor

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Writing Context Sentences 2:24

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    1. Writing Context Sentences (2:24) Instructions: Write a context sentence that clearly shows the meaning for each of these words (look them up in the dictionary if you have to). Forbidden Elegant Penitentiary

    2. Context Clues Good readers and writers use context, the words and phrases around a word, to help them understand a word they may not know. Context may contain a variety of clues to the meaning of a word: synonyms, comparisons, contrasts, definitions, restatements, and examples of the unknown word. (Hint: there is a context clue used in this paragraph you just read. Can you find it?)

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