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Context Clues
When you come to a word you do not know, hang in there. You can often figure out the
meaning of an unfamiliar word by using the words around it. The surrounding sentence or
paragraph is known as the context.
Context clues are hints that the 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 be in a
sentence before or after the unfamiliar word. Because most of your vocabulary
is gained through reading, it is important that you be able to recognize and take
advantage of context clues.
See if you can figure out what these words, from Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Scieszka, mean.
Aamu
Astrosus
Blassa
Buttuna
Cucalations
Deski
Fracasse
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Giadrams
Kuningas
Piksa
Pordo
Razzo
Sighing Flosser
Speelplaats
Szkola
Torakku
Twrf
Uyarak
Zerplatzen
Zimulis