Lit Terms
Lit Terms Examples
Guessing from Context
Guessing from Context Examples
Human Rights
100
Giving non-human things human characteristics
What is personification?
100
Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
100
Three of the four strategies of guessing meaning from context.
What is synonyms, antonyms, examples, context?
100
It seemed like an INSURMOUNTABLE obstacle to run 27 miles.
What is context?
100
The number of articles in the UDHR.
What is 30?
200
comparing two unlike things using like or as
What is simile?
200
You're so hungry, you might disappear.
What is hyperbole?
200
Three signal words showing an example.
What is consisting of, for instance, like, for example, including, such as?
200
Jubril was PERPLEXED; he did not know with whom to side.
What is confused?
200
The meaning of UDHR.
What is Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
300
Hints or clues to suggest something will happen.
What is foreshadow?
300
My car broke the day after I picked it up from the mechanic.
What is irony?
300
I should use a dictionary if I cannot guess the meaning from the context. T/F
What is true, only if the word is necessary to understand important details or the passage?
300
The officers lowered their guns and tossed Emeka out of the bus, REPRIMANDING him for fighting with a soldier.
What is scold or punish?
300
Two ways to reduce modern-day slavery.
What is ....?
400
An exaggeration to bring attention
What is hyperbole?
400
The words died in her throat.
What is personification?
400
Three signal words showing antonyms.
What is as opposed to, however, rather than , yet, not but, in contrast, on the other hand, unlike?
400
The money the mallam had given him was not gone, even after Jubril paid the EXORBITANT bus fare.
What is excessively high?
400
Three rights in the UDHR.
What are any of the articles?
500
A repetition of sounds or letters
What is alliteration?
500
Depression is a trapdoor.
What is metaphor?
500
Four punctuation strategies to provide clues.
What is commas, long dashes, parentheses, and "or/that is"?
500
John took a MENIAL job in the company, hoping to train and work his way into a more skilled and higher-paying position.
What is unskilled?
500
Three of the five types of human rights.
What is social, cultural, economical, civil, and political?
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