Question

Government by consent is really government by consensus—majority agreement in matters of opinions. What are the cues to the context clue for the word consensus in the above sentence? Select all that apply.
a. the dash
b. the period at the end of the sentence
c. position following the unknown word
d. following words such as that is the word is

Answer 1

The cues to the context clue for the word consensus in the sentence are the following: (A). The Dash and (C) The position following the unknown word. These two are used in order for us to know the meaning of the unknown word even just reading the context without even using a dictionary.