The document provides a comprehensive overview of context clues, which are hints within a text that help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. It categorizes different types of context clues, including synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples, and cause-and-effect relationships, and offers several examples for each type. Additionally, it includes an exercise to identify words from jumbled letters based on the provided meanings.

1. CONTEXT
CLUES

2. Examine the jumbled
letters below and identify
the words referred to using
the provided meanings.

3. O C A S H
complete disorder
and confusion

4. T X A Y N I E
A painful or
apprehensive
uneasiness of mind

5. S A G R I N H
To decorate a dish
or a food.

6. P N T O P E N O
A person you are playing
or fighting against in a
game or a competition.

7. G F L E A R I
Easily broken or
damaged.

8. CONTEXT CLUES
Context refers to the
parts of a piece of writing
that precede or follow a
word and contributes to
its whole meaning.

9. CONTEXT CLUES
Clues refer to a piece of
evidence that leads one
toward the solution of
a problem.

10. CONTEXT CLUES
Important words or
phrases in a sentence that
helps in identifying the
meaning of difficult word
or items in a sentence.

11. CONTEXT CLUES
They provide further
information about a word
or phrase that helps the
reader understand its
meaning.

12. DIFFERENT
TYPES OF
CONTEXT CLUES

13. SYNONYMS or
RESTATEMENT CLUE
Provides the synonyms
of words to provide the
meaning of an unfamiliar
word or words.
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14. EXAMPLES:
2. The director felt remorse,
or shame for hiring some
incompetent employee.
1. Rena shouts continuously
or all the time and it makes
me uncomfortable.
1. Rena shouts continuously
or all the time and it makes
me uncomfortable.
1. Rena shouts continuously
or all the time and it makes
me uncomfortable.
2. The director felt remorse,
or shame for hiring some
incompetent employee.
2. The director felt remorse,
or shame for hiring some
incompetent employee.

15. DEFINITION OR
STATEMENT CLUE
Provides direct
statement or meaning
of the unfamiliar
word/s.
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16. EXAMPLES:
2. Her voice is inaudible; no
one could hear it.
1. Ossicles are the three small
bones in the middle ear.
1. Ossicles are the three small
bones in the middle ear.
1. Ossicles are the three small
bones in the middle ear.
2. Her voice is inaudible; no
one could hear it.
2. Her voice is inaudible; no
one could hear it.

17. ANTONYM OR
CONTRAST CLUE
It tells the opposite
meaning of the
difficult word. It
shows contrast.
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18. EXAMPLES:
2. The feral cat would
scratch the wall, unlike
the friendly cat.
1. Jonathan is gregarious
unlike his shy brother.
1. Jonathan is gregarious
unlike his shy brother.
1. Jonathan is gregarious
unlike his shy brother.
2. The feral cat would
scratch the wall, unlike
the friendly cat.
2. The feral cat would
scratch the wall, unlike
the friendly cat.

19. EXPLANATION OR
EXAMPLE CLUE
Provides readers with varying
examples to allow them fully
examine the unfamiliar words.
Uses words like including, such as,
for example.
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20. EXAMPLES:
2. Philippines experienced
different natural calamities
such as typhoons, earthquakes
and tsunamis.
1. Mammals, including
elephants, horses and carabaos,
are helpful animals.
1. Mammals, including
elephants, horses and carabaos,
are helpful animals.
1. Mammals, including
elephants, horses and carabaos,
are helpful animals.
2. Philippines experienced
different natural calamities
such as typhoons, earthquakes
and tsunamis.
2. Philippines experienced
different natural calamities
such as typhoons, earthquakes
and tsunamis.

21. CAUSE & EFFECT OR
REASON-RESULT CLUE
Explains the reason and the
result of an event or action.
Words like because, since,
therefore, thus, etc. may signal
context clues.
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22. EXAMPLES:
1. The government has
implemented the community
quarantine because experts
want to stop or slow down
the increase in the number of
COVID-19 cases.
1. The government has
implemented the community
quarantine because experts
want to stop or slow down
the increase in the number of
COVID-19 cases.
1. The government has
implemented the community
quarantine because experts
want to stop or slow down
the increase in the number of
COVID-19 cases.

23. COMPARISON OR
SAMENESS CLUE
Presents the similarities in
meaning or contexts. Words
used are like, as, similar to, in
the same way, likewise,
resembling, too, and also.
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24. EXAMPLES:
2. Jonna is fond of mountain
escapade the same way with
Patrick who goes on beach
adventure.
1. I love the palate of pasta like
my brother who loves the taste
of pansit.
1. I love the palate of pasta like
my brother who loves the taste
of pansit.
1. I love the palate of pasta like
my brother who loves the taste
of pansit.
2. Jonna is fond of mountain
escapade the same way with
Patrick who goes on beach
adventure.
2. Jonna is fond of mountain
escapade the same way with
Patrick who goes on beach
adventure.

25. INFERENCE OR
GENERAL TEXT CLUE
Provides the meaning of
unfamiliar words that can be
inferred or guessed from the
description of the situation.
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26. EXAMPLES:
2. The criminal’s belligerence
led to the death of four
innocent children.
1. I wish I had earplugs to avoid
monkey’s vociferous noise.
1. I wish I had earplugs to avoid
monkey’s vociferous noise.
1. I wish I had earplugs to avoid
monkey’s vociferous noise.
2. The criminal’s belligerence
led to the death of four
innocent children.
2. The criminal’s belligerence
led to the death of four
innocent children.

28. Examine the jumbled
letters below and identify
the words referred to using
the provided meanings.

29. Presents the
similarities in
meaning or contexts.
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M A C P R I S O N O

30. Parts of a piece of writing
that precede or follow a
word and contributes to
its meaning.
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T O X C E N T

31. The other term for
Antonym Context
Clues.
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T O N S C A R T

32. Provides the meaning of
unfamiliar words that can
be guessed from the
description of the
situation.
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E R E C F I N E N

33. Provides varying examples
to allow them fully
examine the unfamiliar
words.
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O N T A X I P L A N E

34. It tells the opposite
meaning of the
difficult word.
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N O T Y M A N

35. The other term for
Synonym Context
Clues.
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T E N M A S T E R E T

36. The other term for
Cause & Effect
Context Clues.
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E A R S U N S T R O L E

37. Provides direct
statement or meaning
of the unfamiliar
word/s.
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E N I D O F I N I T

38. Provides direct
statement or meaning
of the unfamiliar
word/s.
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L U C E S