Question

Read these lines from William Shakespeare's play As You Like It. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. Which type of context clue best helps the reader understand why "All the world's a stage"? A. synonym B. inference C. antonym D. definition

Answer 1

Answer:

B. inference

Explanation:

When the author states that "All the world's a stage" we cannot see any context clue in the same sentence, but in the last sentence of that paragraph that states "His acts being seven ages." This is an example of an inference context clue.

This type of context clue allows an unknown word or expression not to be explained immediately, but during the reading of the text, as is done in the text shown in the question above.