PPT-Warm Up 10/25 Define the underlined terms as best you can by using the context clues

Once Carol had finished repainting the old dresser and saw her daughters eyes smiling she felt great felicity about how it looked Although the curtain lolls so much that it nearly touches the floor Arnold cant bring himself to replace that old curtain rod. Using Context Clues. What is missing from the photograph?. Using Context Clues. What is Context Clue?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgaSmJKR9HM. {Click mouse to continue}. An Author’s Clues. Authors usually give clues called . How can I figure out what unknown words mean?. Notes:. Context Clues: Hints an author gives in a text to help you define difficult or unusual words. Context clues will give you a good guess about. what the word means.. EQ: How do I use context clues to help me find the meaning of an unknown word?. What are . CONTEXT CLUES?. Anything in the context of a story that helps you to understand what the words mean.. synonyms. Context Clues. September 15-19, 2014. Week 5. Warm-up (Self- Assess). 1. Diagram the following sentence. What is the the role of the underlined words?. . The small and . lonely. dog whimpered . quietly. DO NOW:. Get your notebook and a copy of . Midsummer. Flip through the . Midsummer. book and write down 5 words you do not know the meaning of and the page number and line number you found the word. English 10. Context Clues . Learning to recognize context clues helps you learn new words. . Punctuation. Watch for commas, colons and hyphens. . Punctuation will alert you to an upcoming definition or explanation.. 5. th. grade Literacy . Read . this passage. . I volunteered to sacrifice school and help them. My offer was refused and I trudged . wearily. to school for another week.. Teammate talk: . What do you think the word . Define the Word Using Context Clues. I found myself in a moral . quandary. : would I join my other friends in their celebration of Tom’s victory, or would I console Tina over her loss?. Quandary – . Context Clues are clues that good readers use to find the meaning of unknown words. These clues can be found in the words and sentences surrounding the unknown word or phrase.. Types of Context Clues. Make a First Decision. Don’t get frustrated. . When you are reading, decide if you have to know the word in order to get the meaning of the paragraph or sentence. . If knowledge of the word’s meaning . Context Clues – What Are They?. Context clues are bits of information from the text that, when combined with prior knowledge, allow you to decide the meaning of unknown words in the text you are reading.. Style Analysis “Big Three”: Imagery, Diction and . Syntax . sheet.. When Rat . Kiley. . shoots himself in the foot, he chooses an act of cowardice. The images of battle wounds in his mind are . juxtaposed. “I Cans”. d. efine the meaning of unknown words by using context clues and the author’s use of:. Explanation -Restatement. Synonyms. Antonyms. Comparison. Contrast. Definition. Context Clues – What Are They?. PRACTICE WITH CONTEXT CLUES!. COMMON CORE STANDARDS:. . R.L. 6.4, 7.4, 8.4 . L. 6.4, 7.4, 8.4. The words selected for this power point are those for 6. th. -8th levels (as indicated on the previous slide with Common Core Standards). There are 21 word study/context clue slides for use for an introduction to the study of context clues, one for each of the 7 types of context clues for each grade level in order from 6.