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Context Clues

Context Clues. What are context clues for CRUISING?.

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Context Clues

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  1. Context Clues

  2. What are context clues for CRUISING? The average age at which babies begin walking is about 12 months, while 11 months is the average age for cruising. Once he feels reasonably comfortable moving along a piece of furniture, he will gradually hold on more loosely, sometimes forgetting to hold on at all.” (From First Year of Life, by Robert L. Krakoff) .

  3. Why should we use context clues? • In college/university you read long essays with lots of unknown words • It’s too time-consuming to always use a dictionary NOT using a dictionary every time: • helps you improve reading comprehension and speed • helps you make logical connections between sentences • helps you infer meaning

  4. Look for words with similar meaning (in context) EXAMPLE: Tuesday is always the worst day—it’s the day the drudgery and boredom start all over again. What does drudgery mean? Drudgery means boring and tiring work.

  5. Look for synonyms EXAMPLE: At the age of five or six children no longer easily notice the difference between sounds uttered at home and words spoken in public. What does utter mean? How do you know? Utter and speak are synonyms. (Note parallel structure to help you realize the connection!)

  6. Signaling Similarity What are words that signal similarity? • likewise, similarly, • by the same token, in the same way EXAMPLE: The author maintained that a low-fat diet was healthier than a high-fat diet. Similarly, he said that eating a lot of vegetables and fruits improves one’s energy level. What is the synonym for maintain? Similarly is the signal.

  7. Look for antonyns EXAMPLE: The child comes to school curious about everything, but if the teachers cannot capture his interest, he may quickly become indifferent. What is the antonym for indifferent? Curious and indifferent are antonyms.

  8. Look for words showing contrast What are words that signal contrast? • not, but, however, • although, on the other hand, • on the contrary, in contrast, nevertheless, despite EXAMPLE: Carlos was ravenous, but his girlfriend wasn’t even hungry, so they compromised and decided to wait for an hour to go out for dinner. What is the signal? “but”

  9. Look for adverbs What adverbs are signals that can help you? • barely, merely, hardly, • rarely, never, and only EXAMPLE: The jejune assignments that teachers give rarely lead to exciting student essays. What is the signal word? “rarely” Does this help you figure out what jejune means?

  10. Look for words with negative prefixes • What are negative prefixes? • un, in, im, il, ir, • non, a, and dis EXAMPLE: “Sotopothrust out his hand to grasp Adriaan by the hand, but the Dutch boy was frightened by the unexpected movement and drew away.” (From Noverbal Communication: The Unspoken Dialogue, by JudeeBurgoon) Can you use “unexpected movement of the hand”…to help you figure out what thrust means?

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