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Context clues allow a reader to discover (roughly) the meaning of an unknown word, by using the context surrounding the word. English, by nature, demands that for a sentence to be grammatically correct, it must conform with a series of syntax and grammar rules. Since a word cannot be thrown randomly into a grammatically correct sentence, we may therefore infer a words meaning via the surrounding words. Here are some examples:
The new ruler was xenophobic, and later that year expelled all foreigners from the country.
In the above example, xenophobic would be an unknown word to most people. However, we can infer from the latter part of the sentence "and later that year expelled all foreigners from the country" that the new ruler was afraid or hostile to foreigners. This is the exact meaning of xenophobic.
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What are the seven types of context clues?
Context clues are used to figure out the meaning of an unusual word. Some of the types of context clues are definition, antonym, synonym, inference, cause and effect, comparison, example, mood, experience, and inference.
What context clues can you use for venom?
Some context clues are poisoness affect and fluid
Which is not a part of the process used to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word?
leave out the unfamiliar word think of an opposite word look for context clues replace with a synonym
When are context clues helpful?
Which of these explains when context clues are helpful? answer - When don't know every word in a passage
What are Clues and information in a story called?
Context Clues or foreshadowing
