Strategies for determining word meaning from context clues, roots, prefixes, and suffixes for elementary and middle school readers.
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- What is a context clue?
- Information in nearby words or sentences that helps you understand a new word's meaning
- When a sentence tells you what a word means right there, what is that type of clue?
- A definition context clue
- How does a synonym context clue help you understand a new word?
- It is a word that means almost the same thing, showing what the new word means
- What kind of context clue uses the opposite meaning?
- An antonym or contrast clue
- How can examples in a sentence work as a context clue?
- They show what the word refers to or how it is used
- Why is context important when you meet a new word?
- The words and sentences around it give clues to help you understand its meaning
- What does the prefix un- mean?
- Not
- What does the prefix re- mean?
- Again
- What does the prefix pre- mean?
- Before
- What does the prefix dis- mean?
- Not or opposite of
- What does the prefix mis- mean?
- Wrong or bad
- What does the prefix over- mean?
- Too much of something
- What does the prefix under- mean?
- Not enough or below
- What does the prefix sub- mean?
- Below or under
- What does the suffix -tion mean?
- An act or process