Context Clues
This type of clue uses words or phrases around an unfamiliar word to help determine its meaning.
What is a context clue?
This text structure presents events in the order that they happened.
What is chronological order?
This word means to examine something closely and in detail.
What is analyze?
This transitional phrase signals closure or summary.
What is in conclusion?
A comparison using 'like' or 'as' is called this.
What is a simile?
In the sentence, 'The arid desert was dry and lifeless,' the word 'arid' most likely means this.
What is dry?
When a passage describes a problem and then gives a solution, it uses this structure.
What is problem and solution?
This word means give the main ideas briefly.
What is Summarize?
This transition word is used to show contrast between two ideas.
What is however?
A direct comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as' is known as this.
What is a metaphor?
This context clue uses words with similar meanings to help define an unfamiliar term.
What is a synonym?
A text that explains how two or more things are similar and different uses this structure.
What is compare and contrast?
This term means to provide evidence to support a claim or statement.
What is justify?
This transition word is often used to add information: 'also,' 'in addition,' or this word.
What is in furthermore?
When an object or animal is given human qualities, it is called this.
What is personification?
In the sentence, 'Unlike his gregarious sister, who loved parties, Tim was introverted,' the word 'gregarious' most likely means this.
What is sociable or outgoing?
This structure shows the reason something happened and the result of it.
What is cause and effect?
When you make a guess based on evidence and reasoning, you do this.
What is infer?
This phrase is used to give an example.
What is for instance or for example?
This is an exaggeration used to make a point, such as 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'
What is hyperbole?
This type of context clue uses an opposite or contrasting idea to help define a word.
What is an antonym?
This advanced text structure explains how a process works step by step, often using numbered lists or diagrams.
What is sequence?
This academic term means to examine and judge the value or significance of something.
What is evaluate?
This transition word signals a conclusion that is drawn from evidence or reasoning.
What is therefore?
This is a phrase whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of its words, such as 'break a leg.'
What is an idiom?