Types of Context Clues | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Types of context clues, examples, and strategies to help understand new vocabulary in text!

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What type of context clue is in this sentence: We want to move out of our small house into a more spacious house.

Antonym: Spacious is the opposite of small.

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What type of context clue is in this sentence: I ran swiftly to catch the vase, but I wasn't fast enough.

Synonym: Swiftly means the same thing as fast.

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What type of context clue is in this sentence: Instruments, such as the violin and the piano, were played at the concert.

Example: piano and violin are examples of instruments.

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What type of context clue is in this sentence: New York city has many skyscrapers, or tall buildings.

Definition: The definition of sky scraper is "tall building"

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What is an example?

Some thing that represents other things of the same kind

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What is a definition?

The exact meaning of a word.

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Find the context clues AFTER the word.

The artist used VIVID colors in the painting. It made it stand out in the room that otherwise was all white.

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Find the context clue BEFORE the word.

Jose love all animals except he LOATHED cats and refused to even be in the room if there was a cat in it!

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What is the process for finding and understanding context clues?

1. Find unknown word/idea. 2. Re-read the sentence. 3. Find the context clues 4. Make an educated guess. 5. Try that guess and see if it makes sense!

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What is an antonym?

A word with the opposite meaning.

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What is a synonym?

A word with the same or nearly same meaning.

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What are some example clue words we can look for?

“such as,” “including,” “consists of,” “like,” or “for example.”

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What are some types of context clues?

IDEAS: I)Inference D)Definition E)Example A)Antonym S)Synonym

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What are context clues?

Context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a sentence or paragraph.

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