Context Clues 1.1
Directions: read
each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues
or your prior knowledge. Then, explain
what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning.
1. Dignity: Even when the police officers
put the handcuffs on my mother, she maintained her dignity, holding her
head up high as she was marched off the protest site.
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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2. Splendid: The rays from the rising sun
shined splendidly through our
kitchen window.
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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3. Particle: John was so hungry that he
didn’t leave a single particle of
the muffin on the plate.
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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4. Elegant: Cassie took her time when she
wrote in cursive, slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops.
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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5. Injustice: Kevin thought that it was a
great injustice that girls could
wear earrings in the school while the boys could not.
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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6. Decline: After Gears of Pain 6 came out, the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined.
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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7. Paradise : When Rex had a bone, a warm spot to lie, and
someone petting him, he was in paradise.
Definition: ___________________________________________________________________________
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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8. Fascinate: Alvin
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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9. Yearn: Even though John had a good job
and a nice family, he yearned for
more.
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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10. Seldom: Since professional athletes
have to stay in peak physical shape, most athletes seldom eat junk food.
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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11. Delicate: Tracy
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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12. Remark: Jennie didn’t like the jacket
her mother bought her until several strangers made remarks about how much they liked it.
Definition:
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What clues in the sentence
lead you to your definition?
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Bonus: Define
each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers. Attach your sheet.
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