Definition
This type of context clue uses a word having the same or similar meaning to other words in a sentence.
Answer: What is "Synonyms"?
Identify the error: "She go to the store every Saturday."
Answer: What is "go" (should be "goes")?
Identify the type of figurative language: "The classroom was a zoo."
Answer: What is a "metaphor"?
This word is an antonym for "hot."
Answer: What is "cold"?
This word is a synonym for "happy."
Answer: What is "joyful"?
This type of context clue allows the reader to make an educated guess using reasoning or background knowledge.
Answer: What is "Inference"?
Identify the error: "Lets eat, Grandma!"
Answer: What is "Lets" (should be "Let's")?
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
Answer: What is a "simile"?
This word is an antonym for "happy."
Answer: What is "sad"?
This word is a synonym for "fast."
Answer: What is "quick"?
These are two words having opposite meanings.
Answer: What is "Antonym"?
Identify the correct spelling: "definately" or "definitely."
Answer: What is "definitely"?
This type of figurative language involves a direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
Answer: What is a "metaphor"?
This word is an antonym for "light."
Answer: What is "heavy"?
This word is a synonym for "big."
Answer: What is "large"?
These are two words having the same pronunciation and spelling but different meanings.
Answer: What is "Homonym"?
Identify the correct spelling: "accomodate" or "accommodate."
Answer: What is "accommodate"?
This type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-human things.
Answer: What is "personification"?
This word is an antonym for "full."
Answer: What is "empty"?
This word is a synonym for "smart."
Answer: What is "intelligent"?
This term refers to two words having the same pronunciation and spelling but different meanings.
Answer: What is "Homonym"?
Identify the error: "She said she would come but she didn't."
Answer: What is missing punctuation (should have a comma before "but")?
This type of figurative language is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
Answer: What is "hyperbole"?
This word is an antonym for "easy."
Answer: What is "hard"?
This word is a synonym for "difficult."
Answer: What is "challenging"?