What is Context Clue?

Try to figure out the missing words.

Most Americans can speak only one

________. Europeans, however, ________

several. As a result, Europeans think

________ are unfriendly and unwilling to

communicate with them.

What is Context Clue?

Most Americans can speak only one language. Europeans, however, speak several. As a result, Europeans think

Americans are unfriendly and unwilling to communicate with them.

How did you do? How did you figure out the missing words?

What is Context Clue?

It is the use of the words or phrase surrounding the unknown word to help

determine the unknown words meaning.

Why are context clues

important?

They help us define unfamiliar, difficult words in texts.

They help us to become better, perceptive

readers.

They come in handy during tests when a

dictionary or the internet is not available to us.

Where are context clues

found? In the same sentence as the difficult, unfamiliar word.

In the same paragraph or passage as the unknown word. Context clues can be in the sentences following the word, for example.

They are called context clues, because they are found in the context of the sentence or passage.

Semantic Clues

- are derived from the meaning of the words co- occurring with the unknown word.

- used together to unlock meaning of unknown words.

Kinds of Semantic:

Definition

The unfamiliar word is directly defined in the

sentence in which it appears.

Definitions are usually set off by commas or

dashes, and may include the use of the words

such as, as, or, that is, and in other words.

Example: Apples, red fruits that grow on trees, are my teachers favorite food.

Words with similar meanings or

description are used within the same

sentence, or around the unfamiliar word

Example: Santa Clause was so portly that his doctor declared him overweight.

Kinds of Semantic:

Synonym or Restatement

Context Clue Number 2:

Antonym or Contrast

The unfamiliar word is defined by using the

words opposite or contrasting meaning.

This type of context clue usually includes the

words: whereas, unlike, as opposed to, however,

in contrast to, but, on the other hand.

Example: Unlike Jen, who was easygoing, Jackie was fastidious.

Context Clues Review

Many people have phobia,

such as fear of heights, a fear

of water, or a fear of confined

spaces.

Context Clues Review

Many people have phobia,

such as fear of heights, a fear

of water, or a fear of confined

spaces.

Context Clues Review

Ballet students appear so

lithe; they are so limber and

flexible

Context Clues Review

Ballet students appear so

lithe; they are so limber and

flexible

Context Clues Review

The mayoral candidate

praised the town council,

but the mayor deprecated

it.

Context Clues Review

The mayoral candidate praised the town council, but the mayor deprecated it.

Praise expressed warm approval.

Deprecated expressed disapproval.