ELA context clues
Across
- 4. usually found in one or more sentences
- 5. unknown word is defined immediately following its use
- 6. hints found in a passage that can help you decipher the meaning of new words that you may not know
- 8. author chooses more familiar words with the same meaning to make the unknown word understandable.
Down
- 1. using your prior knowledge or reasoning
- 2. antonyms and/or how things differ
- 3. close to synonym. Usually resaid in a simpler form.
- 7. author provides an example to help explain unknown word.