Context Clues
Topic
Main Idea
Terms
Wild Card
100
Can help you figure out a word's meaning.
What are context clues.
100
A word or short phrase that tells you what a reading is about
What is the topic?
100
the general statement that covers all or most of the material in a paragraph
What is the main idea?
100
supporting details are always more ____ than the main idea
What is more specific?
100
the name of our tutor
Who is Alexis (MW) ?

Who is Stephanie (TR)?

200
a synonym context clue
What is a word with a similar meaning?
200
Enrique clings to his daddy who dotes on him. A bricklayer, his father takes Enrique to work and lets him help mix mortar. His father shares a bed with him and brings him apples and clothes.
What is Enrique's daddy?
200
The question you can ask yourself to figure out the main idea?
What is the author's point?
200
the author's point about the topic
What is the main idea?
200
the Fullerton College mascot
What is the Hornet?
300
an antonym context clue
What is a word that has an opposite meaning?
300
There are three ways to remain healthy in old age. One way for people to remain healthy as they age is to continue to find mental challenges. Sticking to a balanced, low-cholesterol diet and a reasonable exercise program helps keep people in good shape throughout their lives.
What is health in old age?
300
There is several causes of chaos on this busy street. First, there is a car accident. There is also a girl driving a motorcycle without a helmet. She is about to run over groceries of another woman who is not paying attention because her dog is pulling her the other way.
What is there are several causes of chaos?
300
Words that can help you figure out the main idea
What are numbers, plural words, and list words.
300
David Sarabia - MW

Laurie Triefenbach - TR

Who is our SSP (student service professional)?
400
This kind of clue for the word overt: Martha's love of reading was overt - books spilled over the shelves in every room of her apartment.
What is an example clue?
400
Coping with stress takes two general forms: problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping. Problem-focused coping is a coping style that involves behaviors or actions targeted toward solving or handling the stress-inducing problem itself. Emotion-focused coping, on the other hand, involves cognitive or thought-related strategies that minimize the emotional effects of stress-inducing events.
What is coping with stress?
400
Six hundred people died in the San Francisco earthquake. The earthquake left 300,000 homeless. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was terribly destructive.
What is the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was terribly destructive?
400
sentences that develop or gives examples for the main idea
What are supporting details?
400
the place where I can find Associated Students, Student Affairs, and International Students.
What is the 200 College Center Building?
500
Using your knowledge and clues in the sentence to help you figure out the meaning
What are general sense context clues?
500
Water is essential to the human body. We can go weeks without food, but only two or three days without water. Water is needed for the body to wash away its waste products.
What is water and the human body.
500
The Romans believed that eating garlic gives strength and courage. Throughout the ages, people have believed that garlic has special powers. During the Middle Ages, wearing garlic was thought to protect people against werewolves and vampires.
What is throughout the ages, people have believed that garlic has special powers?
500
words that can help you figure out the supporting details
What are addition words?
500
How many minutes I need in lab each week?
What is 100 minutes?
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