Question

What are four ways that you can use context clues to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar or unknown word? Answer must be at least 150 words.

Answer 1

When I am trying to figure out a word I don't know in a text I reread the sentence that contains that word. I will read the first part before the word I don't know and see if it makes sense or if there could be a different word there that has the same meaning. Next if I still don't know what the word is I would read the last part of the sentence after the word I don't know, and try to comprehend if know what the sentence meaning is. If I still do not understand the meaning of the word I would reread the surrounding sentences of the word to see what they are talking about or if they have anything to do with the word I am trying to comprehend. I ususaly understand what the word means after doing these steps in using the text around the word I do not know.