The document discusses using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. It provides examples of using context to define the words "contiguous" and "depleted". For contiguous, contextual clues indicate it means touching or sharing a boundary. For depleted, context shows it means used up or gone. The document advises that context clues defining an unfamiliar word may appear before or after it, in the same or different sentences, or different paragraphs.

2. Look at the following paragraph, and see if you can use context to figure out what the word contiguous means. To figure out what contiguous means, use clues. The first sentence mentions that the United States and Canada share a border. The United States and Canada share a border. France and Germany also are right next to each other. In contiguous countries such as these sometimes members of the same family live in different countries. The United States and Canada share a border. France and Germany also are right next to each other. In contiguous countries such as these, sometimes members of the same family live in different countries. The United States and Canada share a border. France and Germany also are right next to each other. In contiguous countries such as these, sometimes members of the same family live in different countries. The United States and Canada share a border. France and Germany also are right next to each other. In contiguous countries such as these, sometimes members of the same family live in different countries. The United States and Canada share a border. France and Germany also are right next to each other.Incontiguouscountries such as these, sometimes members of the same family live in different countries. from these clues you can figure out that contiguous means… contiguous = touching or sharing a boundary The second sentence mentions that France and Germany are also right next to each other. The third sentence refers back to the first two sentences with these words, “in contiguous countries such as these.”

3. Look at this paragraph see if you can use the context to figure out the meaning of depleted. Here’s another example. The first sentence says that, “When there is a lot of food the grizzlies stay together. When there is a lot of food many grizzlies will gather and feed together. Once the food source is depleted, the grizzlies will go their separate ways in search of other food. When there is a lot of food many grizzlies will gather and feed together. Once the food source is depleted, the grizzlies will go their separate ways in search of other food. When there is a lot of food many grizzlies will gather and feed together. Once the food source is depleted, the grizzlies will go their separate ways in search of other food. When there is a lot of food many grizzlies will gather and feed together.Once the food source is depleted, the grizzlies will go their separate ways in search of other food. The second sentence says, when food is depleted they leave. Based on the context we can figure out that depleted means… depleted = used up or gone The grizzlies split up and leave when the food source is depleted or used up. Depleted must have an opposite meaning to a situation where there is lots of food.