This document discusses how readers can use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words, just as detectives use clues to solve mysteries. It defines context clues as hints within a text that provide meaning and lists several types of context clues: definition, restatement/synonym, contrast/antonym, example, comparison, list/series, cause and effect, and description/inference. Examples are provided for each type along with practice questions to identify the context clue used. The overall objectives are to learn how to use context clues as word detectives and unlock meanings through a class app.

1. determine the type of Context Clue
used in a sentence.
unlock unfamiliar words using
context clues through class point app.
perform as word detectives in solving
meaning of unfamiliar words.
SESSION OBJECTIVES:

2. +
Readers are just like detectives!
Detectives try to solve mysteries when
they’re on a case and readers try to solve
mysteries when they are trying to
determine the meaning of what they are
READERS DETECTIVES

3. CONTEXT CLUES

4.  are words that say, “Stop - don’t touch that
dictionary! The definition of the word you don’t know
is right here in the text!”
 Are hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or
passage that a reader can use to understand the
meaning of new unfamiliar words.
 Information a reader can get from the reading that
helps show what a word or group of words means.
CONTEXT CLUES

5. Definition
Restatement or Synonym
Contrast or Antonym
Example
Comparison
List or
Series
Cause and
Effect
Description
or
Inference
TYPES OF CONTEXT CLUES

6. Definition
1
The author provides a direct (explici
t)
definition of an unknown word in the
sentence.

7. Definition
1
EXAMPLES:
Martha is a curator, a person who is respo
nsible for
looking after a museum’s collection.
Diane was lethargic; she didn't have the
energy to get out of bed.

8. Definition
1 LET’S TRY:
She heard the cry of the banshee, a
spirit that alludes to the death of a
family member.
Haberdashery, which is a store that sells
men’s clothing, is becoming more
common today.

9. Restatement or Synonym
2
The author uses a word having the same
or nearly the same meaning as another
word or other words in a sentence.

10. Restatement or Synonym
2 EXAMPLES:
After seeing the picture of the starving chi
ldren, we all felt compassion or pity for t
heir suffering.
After a time, glaciers, or slowly moving
rivers of ice, formed over many parts of
the Earth.

11. Restatement or Synonym
2 LET’S TRY:
His animosity, or hatred, of his
sister divided the family.
Bill felt remorse, or shame, for his
harsh words.

12. Contrast or Antonym
3
The author uses another word or phr
ase that means the opposite of an unf
amiliar word.

13. EXAMPLES:
Contrast or Antonym
3
The gentleman was portly,
but his wife was thin.
While Luis is hardworking, his indolent
brother spends most of the time watching TV
or sitting around with friends.

14. Contrast or Antonym
3 LET’S TRY:
The feral cat would not let us pet
him, unlike our friendly cat.
The girl who used to be very vociferous
doesn't talk much anymore.

15. Example
4
The author provides examples or summaries t
o help you understand an unfamiliar word. The
word is cleared up by giving an example.

16. Example
4
EXAMPLES:
Celestial bodies, such as the sun, moon, and
stars, are governed by predictable laws.
The archeologist found different amulets, suc
h as a rabbit’s foot and bags of herb.

17. Example
4 LET’S TRY:
The manager disliked obsequious
behavior, such as fawning and
kowtowing.
A colossus, such as the Statue of
Liberty, can be seen for miles
around.

18. Definition
Restatement or
Synonym
Contrast or
Antonym
Example
CONTEXT CLUES

19. DIRECTIONS:
 Identify the type of context clue used in
each given item.
 Write your answers in a sheet of paper.

20. DEFINITION
SYNONYM
ANTONYM
EXAMPLE
Rather than be involved in clandestine
meetings, they did everything quite openly.
1

21. DEFINITION
SYNONYM
ANTONYM
EXAMPLE
Ecclesiastics, such as priests, ministers, and
pastors, should set models of behavior for
their congregants.
2

22. DEFINITION
SYNONYM
ANTONYM
EXAMPLE
His pertinacity, or stubbornness, is the
cause of most of his trouble.
3

23. DEFINITION
SYNONYM
ANTONYM
EXAMPLE
Last Friday, we visited the arboretum, a
garden dedicated to the exhibition of trees
and plants.
4

24. DEFINITION
SYNONYM
ANTONYM
EXAMPLE
The dudeen – a short-stemmed clay
pipe – is found in Irish folk tales.
5

25. Congratulations!
 Let’s go back to classpoint.app and
unlock unfamiliar words using the
types of context clues we have
learned!