What Are Context Clues?
Different Types of Context Clues
- In-text definitions
- Examples
- Synonyms
- Antonyms or contrast
- Root words and affixes
- Mood or tone
- Cause and effect
- Inferences
How to Use Context Clues Wisely When You Read a Passage:
Edward did not know what to do. He had lost his life’s work – the frogs that had been sitting in a tightly sealed container, ready to be brought forward as the saviour of people, as the cure – were now hopping around somewhere in the sewers of New York. He thought of the husbandry that he had engaged in, the painstaking hours of turmoil he had endured just to find a solution to this hideous, uncaring plague, and he wanted to howl. He composed himself, however, and descended the metal ladder gingerly. He would find these frogs, no matter what it took.
What is Looking for Context Clues All About?
WRITERS AT WORK students are always reminded of the need to understand what they are reading and writing about, especially for PSLE and O Level English. For context, WRITERS AT WORK is an education centre offering some of the best English tuition courses for primary and secondary school students in Singapore. In the absence of such an understanding, students will not be able to answer questions or elaborate more about the things they are talking about. You cannot write what you don’t know, or about what you do not understand. Looking around for more information and inferring or deducing logically what the word you do not understand means is a highly important skill in the English language that gets better with practice. Students will need to master these higher order thinking skills if they want to master reading comprehension passages and answering questions.
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