"It has to be CONTEXTUAL"
(Context Clues)
(Context Clues)
These are words or phrases in a text that assist in defining a new word.
What are context clues?
This is a quote taken from a text to support a position or statement.
What is a textual citation?
There are three purposes an author has for writing: To pursuade, inform and...
What is to entertain?
This type of figurative language occurs when two unlike things are compared WITHOUT the use of "like" or "as".
What is "metaphor"?
This word can be used to replace "main".
What is "central idea"?
These are the context clue signal words that help define the word meandered in the following sentence:
"I meandered through the mall taking my time looking at all the clothes in the windows."
"taking my time"
This section of the following statement represents the citation portion of the answer.
Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3).
What is "symbol using animals" (3)?
A news article describing Joe Biden's plans for his first days in office would be to...
What is inform?
We know that the killer is around the corner, but the audience doesn't.
What is Dramatic Irony?
What is, "A Tell-Tale Heart"?
This type of word has the OPPOSITE meaning of a given word.
What is an antonym?
All of these can be used as an indicator of where information is found for a citation: line number, website, or this.
This is the author's purpose of "The Tell-Tale Heart".
What is "to entertain"?
This is Ray Bradbury's favorite type of figurative language to use.
What is "imagery"?
An informational video we read about this author explains his life, death and how he felt about his work.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This is the definition of the word pursue based on the following sentence.
I have decided to pursue journalism as a career. I have always liked interviewing and writing about people.
What is "to follow or go after"?
This sentence from "All Summer in a Day" supports that Margot was desperate to get back to Earth.
"There was talk that her father and mother were taking her back to Earth next year; it seemed vital to her that they do so, though it would mean the loss of thousands of dollars to her family."
What is "it seemed vital to her that they do so".
A documentary about the migratory patterns of swallows.
What is "to inform"?
This is the impact of Bradbury's use of imagery.
"...your mouth was stuffed with the dusty upholstery smell of their heated pelts, and the yellow of them was in your eyes like the yellow of an exquisite French tapestry,"
What is "to appeal to your senses"?
The main idea of this story asserts that our main character is a tormented creature that has been rejected by his creator and is doomed to die alone.
What is "Frankenstein"?
This defines the word "omitted" in the following sentence.
Our teacher accidently omitted a question on the exam. The class was more than happy to answer fewer questions, however.
What is "left out".
This sentence is textual evidence that Mary is in shock.
"She couldn't feel anything at all- except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything was automatic now-down the steps to the cellar, the light switch, the deep freeze, the hand inside the cabinet taking hold of the first object it met."
What is "She couldn't feel anything at all"?
An advertisement promoting Pepsi over Coca-Cola.
What is to persuade?
The following is an example of this type of figurative language.
"His eyes were bright jade stones shining in the darkness."
What is "metaphor"?
This is the main idea of "All Summer in a Day".
What is "a young girl is mistreated by her peers for her love of the Sun and the planet Earth"?