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Context Clues. Reading Strategies. Types:. Definition type Restatement Type Example type Comparison or Contrast type Cause‑and‑Effect Relationship Type. Definition Type. Example: - The art of making women's hats is called millinery . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Context Clues

CONTEXT CLUES

Reading Strategies

Page 3: Context Clues

DEFINITION TYPEExample:

- The art of making women's hats is called millinery.

- A ship that can travel under the surface of the ocean is a submarine.

- Circulate means to move around and return to the same

place.

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Exercise 1:1. is / an unarmed fighting art (ศิลปะการต่อสูด้้วยมอืเปล่า)2. refers to / people who arrived in America from

other countries after 1885 ( คนท่ีอพยพมาอเมรกิา หลังปี1885)

3. are called / main sections of a story‑book (บทของหนังสอืหรอืงานเขยีน)

4. means / the use of commas and periods at the end of lines in the letter headings and addresses (เครื่องหมายในการจบประโยค)

5. are called / people who study the stars (นักดาราศาสตร)์

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RESTATEMENT TYPEExample:

- He is standing on the porch ‑ a door way or entrance to a building.

- You can take an escalator, or a moving staircase to go down to the platform.

- These two circles are concentric. In other words, they have the same centre.

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Exercise 2:1. or / feeling ( ความรูส้กึ / อคติ)2. –xx­– / to travel by asking car or

truck drivers for free rides (การโบกรถ)3. in other words / the tree’s trunk,

branches and twigs (ก่ิงก้านของต้นไม)้4. that is / a person who writes

about someone’s life (นักเขยีนชวีประวติัของผู้อ่ืน)

5. or / gives (ให)้

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EXAMPLE TYPEExample:

- Do you participate in one of the more popular avocation, such as jogging, playing tennis, or stamp collecting?

- When you arrange the condiment shelf , put the salt and pepper next to the paprika.

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Let’s check!Exercise 3:1. –xx– / cars, planes, and trains / kinds of

transportation (ยานพาหนะ)2. such as / vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C and

calcium / many substances needed for good health ( แรธ่าตุ / ไวตามนิ)

3. x­:­x / crocodiles, turtles and snakes / a kind of animals which produces eggs and uses the heat of the sun to keep its blood warm ( สตัวเ์ลือดเยน็ / สตัวเ์ล้ีอยคลาน)

4. for example / geography, oceanography, and chemistry / a kind of subjects (วชิาวทิยาศาสตร)์

5. –xx,­for example– / Einstein, Edison and Disney / talented people (อัจฉรยิะ)

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COMPARISON OR CONTRAST TYPE

Example:

- An elephant is immense, comparing to a mouse.

- Dick was voluble while his friend, Nick, was quiet.

- Some plants die in wet soil, but most thrive.

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Exercise 4:1. in contrast / small (เล็ก)2. but / not lazy (ขยนั)3. like / people who want to know

everything (กระตือรอืรน้)4. though / not dull or active (ฉลาด)5. while / a little money to spend (ยากจน)

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CAUSE‑AND‑EFFECT RELATIONSHIP TYPE

Example:

- Mr.Ron did not have time to take his clothes to the laundry so he had to wash and iron them himself.

- We can see things through a piece of glass because it is transparent.

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Exercise 5:1. since / can’t hear any noise (หู

หนวก)2. as / love very much (รกัมาก)3. so / tired (เหนื่อย)4. cause / confusion (ต่ืนตระหนก)5. like / to be clever and deceiving

(เจา้เล่ห)์