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Understanding Context Clues in Language Arts by towens8919 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document defines and provides examples of context clues, which are hints in the text surrounding an unfamiliar word that can help the reader understand its meaning. There are five main types of context clues: 1) definition/explanation clues directly define the word, 2) restatement/synonym clues rephrase the word simply, 3) contrast/antonym clues provide an opposite meaning, 4) inference/general context clues require inferring meaning from the surrounding context, and 5) punctuation clues like quotation
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