Man's conflicts with his environment are his ENVIRONMENTAL conflicts
Select the correct answer.
Read this sentence:
A disruption of the Federal Union, heretofore only menaced, is now formidably attempted.
What is meant by "a disruption of the Federal Union" in this sentence?
A.
a joining of the northern states with the states that had seceded
B.
an attempt by the southern states to form their own government
C.
an interruption in the arguments between the North and the South
D.
secession, or the breaking away of southern states from the Answer:
Explanation:
Context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence. Because most of one’s vocabulary is gained through reading, it is important that you be able to recognize and take advantage of context clues.
There are at least four kinds of context clues that are quite common: 1) a synonym (or repeat context clue) which appears in that sentence; 2) anantonym (or contrast context clue) that has the opposite meaning, which can reveal the meaning of an unknown term; 3) an explanation for an unknown word is given (adefinition context clue) within the sentence or in the sentence immediately preceding; and 4) specific examples (an example context clue) used to define the term.
There may also be word-part context clues in which a common prefix, suffix, or root will suggest at least part of the meaning of a word. A general sense context clue lets the reader puzzle out a word meaning from whatever information is available – and this is the most common kind of context clue. Others describe context clues in three ways: 1) semantic or meaning clues, e.g., When reading a story about cats, good readers develop the expectation that it will contain words associated with cats, such as “tail,” “purr,” “scratch,” and “whiskers”; 2) syntactic or word order clues where the order of the words in a sentence can indicate that a missing word must be (for example, a verb); and 3) picture clues where illustrations help with the identification of a word.
1) <span>"Maybe she left because she's mad at me... or do you think I'm overthinking things?" asked Robbie.
2) Quotation marks should be used around the speaker's actual words because it is a punctuation of speech.
3) Slowing the action is NOT a reason to use dialogue in a story. When a character talks, it adds personality to a character and tells us more about what is happening.</span>
