What do you mean?
When you are looking for the DEFINITION of a word, you are trying to find _______________.
a) what the word means
b) how the word is supposed to sound
c) what the word ate for breakfast
✅ a) what the word MEANS ✅
A SYNONYM is a word that means the ______
a) Opposite
B) Where the word lives
C) Same thing
✅ C) Same thing ✅
An ANTONYM is a word that means the __________.
A) Same thing
B) How the word is spelled
C) Opposite
✅ C) Opposite ✅
An EXAMPLE context clue gives you __________.
A) The opposite meaning
B) Examples of what the word means
C) How the word is spelled
✅ B) Examples of what the word means ✅
Inference context clues give you __________ so you can make a smart guess about what the word means.
A) Opposites
B) Hints
C) The exact definition
✅ B) Hints ✅
This clue DEFINES the word, or tells you WHAT IT MEANS.
This clue tells you another word that means the SAME thing
2 - Synonym
This clue tells you another word that means the OPPOSITE
3 - Antonym
This clue gives you some EXAMPLES of what the word means
4 - Examples
This clue gives you HINTS so you can make a SMART GUESS about what the word means
5 - Inference
Which KEY WORDS tell you the context clue type might be DEFINITION?
WHICH MEANS...
OR...
We use context clues when...
We dont know what a word means
We use the clues AROUND the word, to tell us...
What the word means!
Which KEY WORDS tell you the context clue type might be EXAMPLES?
including...
like...
How many types of context clues did we learn about?
FIVE!! (5)
This is an example of ___________ context clue?
*The baby owl was injured, but he was RESILIENT, WHICH MEANS, he was able to recover quickly.*
DEFINITION
This is an example of ___________ context clue?
*I accidentally OMITTED the sugar when I made brownies. Since I LEFT IT OUT, they weren't sweet at all.*
SYNONYM
We don't know what OMITTED means, but the sentence tells us that LEFT IT OUT means the SAME THING as OMITTED because it is a SYNONYM.
So, OMITTED MEANS.... LEFT IT OUT.
This is an example of ___________ context clue?
*We were hoping for a UNANIMOUS vote, but it was SPLIT between 2 groups*
ANTONYM
We don't know what UNANIMOUS means, but the sentence tells us that the OPPOSITE (ANTONYM) of unanimous is SPLIT. So UNANIMOUS means TOGETHER.
This is an example of ___________ context clue?
*My favorite fruit is CITRUS, INCLUDING oranges, grapefruit and tangerines.*
EXAMPLES
We don't know what CITRUS means, but the sentence TELLS US that EXAMPLES and uses the KEY WORD, INCLUDING.
INCLUDING oranges, grapefruit and tangerines.
SO, CITRUS means fruits that are ACIDIC/JUICY like oranges, grapefruits and tangerines.
This is an example of ___________ context clue?
*It's believed the ORIGIN of hot chocolate is FROM the Mayan people, who first made it, over 2,000 years ago.*
INFERENCE
We don't what ORIGIN means, but the sentence tells us that hot chocolate is FROM the Mayan people, who FIRST made it 2,000 years ago.
SO, ORIGIN means something FIRST made