Read the excerpt from The Mysteries of Udolpho. ‘But all this was told me for a great secret,’ rejoined Annette, without noticin
g the remark, ‘I am sure, ma’am, you would not hurt either me or Benedetto, so much as to go and tell it again.’ Emily remained silent, and Annette repeated her last sentence. ‘You have nothing to fear from my indiscretion,’ replied Emily … Which context clue is most helpful in defining the word indiscretion as it is used in this passage?
Context clues are words or phrases that the author leaves in the text to help the reader discover the meaning of a word that may be unknown to the reader through the context of the text. Using this concept we can understand that the author thought that the word "indiscretion" was unknown, or brought a confusing meaning to the reader, so the author wished to use contextual clues to clarify that word and make the reading more fluid. The context clue the author used for the word "indiscretion" was the phrase "all this was told me for a great secret". Since the word "indiscretion" reveals that Emily was inconvenient in revealing something that was secret.
