Warm-Up Using Context Clues to Find Word˜Meanings

Warm-Up

Using Context Clues to Find Word Meanings

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Lesson How can you use clues in a text to figure out what words

Question mean?

Lesson Goals

Find context clues.

Use context clues to figure out what

words mean.

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Words to Know

Fill in this table as you work through the lesson. You may also use the glossary to help you.

contrast explanation prediction

context synonym

example

a clear difference between two things a description that makes something clear an educated guess the words around a word that help make the meaning clear a word that has the same meaning as another word an item that belongs in a group and can show what the rest of the group is like

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Using Context Clues to Find Word Meanings

Using Clues in a Picture

The banjo is surrounded by familiar stringed instruments that can be

strummed or picked.

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Using Context Clues to Find Word Meanings

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Context Clues

Context means "the words or ideas around an unknown word."

Context clues:

? are words in a text that can help you figure out the meaning of a nearby

word .

? can be in the same sentence as an unknown word or in a nearby

sentence .

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Types of Context Clues

Types of context clues

? Synonym clues

? Contrast clues

? Explanation clues

? Example clues

Synonym Clues

A synonym is a word that has the

same

meaning as another word.

Synonym clues are nearby words or phrases that have the same meaning

as an unknown word.

Example: My head aches. If it still hurts in an hour, I will take some medicine

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Contrast Clues

A contrast is a clear difference between two things.

Contrast clues are words or phrases that have the unknown word.

Example: Unicorns are imaginary, not real.

opposite

meaning of the

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Explanation Clues

An explanation explains or gives more information about something.

Explanation clues are words that explain an unknown word.

Example: We saw a schooner, which is a ship with two masts.

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Example Clues

An example is an item that belongs in a group and can show you what the

whole group is like.

Example clues give examples. Example: I bought some pottery, including clay bowls and mugs

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Using Context Clues

A prediction

you have.

is an educated guess, or a guess made using the information

Context clues can help you make a prediction about the meaning of a word you do not know.

Using Context Clues

Find context clues.

Using Context Clues

Find context clues.

Make a prediction.

Using Context Clues

Find context clues.

Make a

prediction.

Check

your prediction.

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