TYPE OF CONTEXT CLUES

THERE ARE 5 TYPES OF CONTEXT CLUES:

DefinitionSynonymAntonym InferencePunctuation

DEFINITION CLUE

What does this mean?Sometimes a word’s meaning is explained immediately after its use.

Example: Haberdashery, which is a store that sells men’s clothing, is becoming more popular today.

SYNONYM CLUE

What does this mean?Sometimes, the sentence might use a word that means the same thing as the unfamiliar word.

Example- The slender woman was so thin, her clothes were too big on her.

ANTONYM CLUE

What does this mean?Sometimes, the sentence will use words that have the opposite meaning of the unfamiliar word.

Example: Unlike Cory’s room, which was immaculate, N’Vaughn’s room was extremely messy.

INFERENCE CLUE

What does this mean?Word meanings are not directly stated in the sentence, but need to be inferred.

Example: Angel’s pugnacious behavior made her opponent back down.

PUNCTUATION CLUE

What does this mean?You can use punctuation such as dashes, quotation marks, parentheses or brackets to show a word’s definition.

Example: In the story, Voldemort’s father was a haberdasher- or men’s shop keeper.

CONTEXT CLUES ACTIVITY

You are going to be assigned 1 of the types of context clues.

Step 1- Create your own word and come up with a definition. Example- My made up word is poodlepuff. Definition- an exotic flower

Step 2-Use your word in a sentence with the type of context clue I assigned you.Example- The poodlepuff, an exotic flower, smells like peaches.

What type of context clue did I use???