What context clue type gives the meaning of the unfamiliar word in the text or sentence?
Definition
100
What is drawing a conclusion?
Making a judgment and/or giving and evaluation
100
the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc
Priority
100
Prodigy
a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability
100
Subjective
placing excessive emphasis on one's own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc.
200
What context clue type gives the meaning of the unfamiliar word by giving familiar examples?
Example
200
What is a description?
Vivid details that the author uses to give the reader an image of what a person, place, or thing is like.
200
the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship
Perspective
200
Borne
to bring forth (young); give birth to
200
Conflict
to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition
300
What context clue type gives the meaning of the unfamiliar word by comparing the word to a familiar word or phrase?
Comparison
300
How do you draw a conclusion?
Get details from the text and what you know.
300
Legally responsible
Liable
300
Intellect
1.the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands, as distinguished from that by which one feels and that by which one wills; the understanding; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge.
2.capacity for thinking and acquiring knowledge, especially of a high or complex order; mental capacity.
3.a particular mind or intelligence, especially of a high order.
4.a person possessing a great capacity for thought and knowledge.
5.minds collectively, as of a number of persons or the persons themselves.
300
Authentic
not false or copied; genuine; real
400
What context clue type gives the meaning of the unfamiliar word by contrasting the word to a familiar word or phrase?
Contrast
400
What is summarizing?
To tell briefly the main idea and importance of a passage.
400
A close friend.
2.
a confederate or assistant
Sidekicks
400
Obliged
1.to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
2.to bind morally or legally, as by a promise or contract.
3.to place under a debt of gratitude for some benefit, favor, or service
400
Conducive
tending to produce; conducing; contributive; helpful; favorable
500
What context clue type gives the meaning of the unfamiliar word by explaining it in a cause-and-effect relationship?
Cause-and-Effect
500
What is paraphrasing?
To restate a passage in your own words without changing the meaning.
500
Showing little or no change
Lacking movement, development, or vitality
Static
500
Compromise
1.a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
2.the result of such a settlement.
500
Ambiguous
1.open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
2.cryptic
3.mysterious
4.unclear