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.
Answer: It helps him because he understands the problem and expresses his feelings to get his parents to stop acting the way they do. ( also be sure to add the reading piece bc we don’t know what ur referring to:)) )
Explanation:
Hi there!☺
Your answer is going to be choice four, "<span>If a base word has only one syllable and ends in one consonant, double the final consonant."
Therefore, you get the correct variation: "dropped".
~Elisabeth</span>
In MobyDick, by Herman Maville, Parsee dies. They discover it after an attack. His body is tied to the whale entangled in ropes, where his prophecy is carried out, where he talks about the whale being a vehicle carrying his body. Later Ahab is dragged to the depths of the ocean, carrying out the third prophecy of Parsee.
