Share The Outsiders- Using Context Clues
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What are the 4 types of context clues you might find in a text?
examples, evidence (or details/explanation), synonyms, antonyms
“He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school” (10). What does unfathomable mean?
unbelievable
understandable
undeniable
uninteresting
“‘Nice-lookin’ bruise you got there, kid.’ I touched my cheek gingerly. ‘ Really?’ (12). What does gingerly mean here?
quitely
unusally
happily
carefully
“After the movie was over it suddenly came to us that Cherry and Marcia didn’t have a way to get home. Two-Bit gallantly offered to walk them home” (37). “ In this sentence, gallantly means:
angrily
courageously
honorably
gently
“That was the truth. Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show through” (38). Aloofness here means:
neat and clean
kind and happy
angry and bitter
cool and unfeeling
“‘I guess we’re disguised’. I leaned back next to him sullenly. ‘I guess so’ (73). After getting a haircut, Ponyboy behaves sullenly here. What does sullenly mean?
mysteriously
angrily
happily
sadly
“I was trying to find the meaning the poet had in mind, but it eluded me” (78). What does Ponyboy mean when he says the author's meaning eluded him?
He was unable to determine the meaning
He thought the meaning was simple
He believed the meaning was useless
He liked what the poem meant to him
“‘‘My parents,’ Johnny repeated doggedly, ‘did they ask about me?’”(88). When Johnny asks several times about his parents, he is asking doggedly. What does that mean?
over and over, without stopping
in a dog-like whine
in a concerned or worried way
in an angry and frustrated way
“Steve made the mistake of referring to him as ‘all brawn and no brain,’ and Darry almost shattered Steve’s jaw” (109). What does the phrase Steve used mean?
overly smart, but weak
not very powerful or smart
happy and healthy
overly strong, but not smart
“‘Work?’ Two-Bit was aghast. ‘And ruin my rep?” (112). Aghast here most likely means?
shocked
angry
uncomfortable
excited
