Select all that apply. The contumelious , or scornful, turn of his nostrils communicated his distaste for her presence. What are

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Select all that apply. The contumelious , or scornful, turn of his nostrils communicated his distaste for her presence. What are

the types of context clues used in the preceding sentence? personal experience synonym restatement summary mood or atmosphere direct explanation

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Direct explanation

synonym restatement

Explanation:

Context clues are clues that are given by a writer to help a reader to explain hard words. We have many types of Context clues which are definition, restatement, contrast and so on. The type of context clues that are used in this preceding sentence is the synonym restatement and direct explanation. From the sentence, we can see that the writer uses synonym restatement in paraphrasing some words like "contumelious" which was replaced with "scornful" and also where the writer said, "his nostrils communicated his distaste for her presence." shows the direct explanation of the sentence.