CONTEXT CLUES

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CONTEXT CLUES

• The secret to mastering fill-in-the-blank
  questions!

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DEFINITION RESTATEMENT
Jeanne trained herself to be an ambidextrous
basketball player, which means she can shoot,
pass, and dribble with both hands!
Signal Words

• Which is
• That is
• Or

• Also known as
• Also called
• In other words

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EXAMPLE
The work of an argonomist includes the selective
breeding of crop plants and the development of
methods to preserve oil.
Signal Words

• Like
• Including
• Such as
• For instance

• Especially
• Other
• This
• These

• These include
• For example

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COMPARISON
Similar to the way a mother consoles a crying
baby, my fears were assuaged when my teacher gave
us an extension on my term paper.
Signal Words

• Like
• As
• In the same way
• Similar to

• Resembling
• Likewise
• Also
• Similarity

• Identical
• Related

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CONTRAST
The intrepid child, unlike her more fearful
playmates, never doubted her ability to climb to
the top of the tree.
Signal Words

• But
• Although
• On the contrary
• On the other hand

• Unlike
• In contrast to
• Different

• However
• Dissimilar

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CAUSE EFFECT
Since both sides of the people arguing about the
labor dispute were intransigent, now a federal
mediator had to be brought in to help reach an
agreement.
Signal Words

• Because
• Since
• Consequently
• Therefore

• When
• As a result
• If-then statements

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HOOPTY

• DEFINITION (n) an old, beaten-up,
• dilapidated car.

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HOOPTY

• RESTATEMENT
• This is so much better than rolling in your
  HOOPTY, in other words your old beat-up
  station wagon.
• EXAMPLE
• Ridin in your HOOPTY is like riding in one of
  those cars on Pimp My Ride before they fix
  them!

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HOOPTY

• COMPARISON
• This HOOPTY is similar to that beater car your
  uncle drives!
• CONTRAST
• Your HOOPTY is a piece of junk unlike that hot
  Aston Martin over there!
• CAUSE EFFECT
• Since you got in that accident and let your
  brother spray paint the rust spots, you car looks
  like a HOOPTY.

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PRACTICE

• OFF THE HOOK - awesome, cool

Restatement Example Comparison Contrast
Cause/Effect
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SLANG CONTEXT CLUES

• Write the word AND its definition at the top of
  your paper.
• Write a sentence for each type of context clue (
  5 sentences) for your slang word using the signal
  words! Somehow identify the word in each sentence
  AND the signal word/phrase like I did in the
  sample sentences

• EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON
• This HOOPTY is similar to that beater car your
  uncle drives!

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CONTEXT CLUES Review

• Pick two sentences from your table from different
  
• types of context clues and write them on the
  board.
• Identify the slang word and the signal words.
• FOR EXAMPLE
• Giving mad props to peeps involves giving
  proper respect and praise.
• You need to stop tripping that is flipping out!

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CONTEXT CLUES Restatement

• That girl has way to much bling, or expensive
  jewelry, on her wrist!
• You need to stop tripping, that is flipping out!
• I would not want to roll up at the club wearing
  that janky outfit, or in other words, that tacky
  shirt.

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CONTEXT CLUES Example

• That car is so ghetto, for instance, the seats
  and mirrors are missing.
• Students at school are such biters, especially
  the ones that dont do their work.
• Giving mad props to peeps involves giving proper
  respect and praise.

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CONTEXT CLUES Comparison

• Although she had a sweet voice, her words were
  cold.
• Allen Iverson is a sick basketball player
  resembling Michael Jordan.
• My dawgs and I are tight. For instance, we help
  each other out when were feeling down.

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CONTEXT CLUES Contrast

• My crib needs to be cleaned, unlike that
  sparkling house!
• Although she had a sweet voice, her words were
  cold.
• She didnt want me to call her, but I hollad at
  her anyway.

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CONTEXT CLUES Cause Effect

• If a boy has a girl and flirts with another girl
  on the D.L., then he would be considered a playa.
• She has a big house and hot tub, so hanging out
  with her was off the hook!
• Since the two kids when to the club looking like
  giant tools in their tye-dyes and sweats, none of
  the girls wanted to chill with them.

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CONTEXT CLUES

• I certainly appreciate your praise, but I must
  say that I can see nothing so remarkably
  meritorious in having done what any decent person
  would do.

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CONTEXT CLUES

• The only way to defeat the party in power is for
  all the reform groups to form a coalition and
  back a single slate of candidates.
• Although we tried to express our sympathy, we
  knew that mere words could do nothing to assuage
  her grief.

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When (1)I was young me (2) and my mama had
beefSeventeen years old kicked out (3) on the
streetsThough back at the time, I never thought
Id see her faceAint a (4) woman alive that
could take my (5) mamas placeSuspended from
school and scared to go home, I was a fool(6)
With the (7) big boys breaking all the rulesI
shed tears with my(8) baby sister(9) Over the
years we were poorer that the other little
kidsAnd even though we had different daddys,
the (10) same dramaWhen things went wrong (11)
we blamed mamaI reminisce on the(12) stress I
caused, it was hellHugging on my mama from a
(13) jail (14) cell
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