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Directions: Answer these questions to test your knowledge of the important terms, concepts, and skills in this chapter.



1Context clues are
A)words in sentences.
B)words in a sentence or paragraph that are unfamiliar.
C)words in a sentence or paragraph that enable readers to reason out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
D)words authors use to define specialized terms.


2Some context clues consist of a word or phrase that means the opposite of the word you are trying to figure out. Clues of this type are called
A)definition clues.
B)synonym clues.
C)contrast clues.
D)example clues.


3To call attention to an important term, textbook authors often use
A)bold print.
B)color.
C)italics.
D)all of the above


4The phrases to illustrate, for instance, and such as signal which type of context clue?
A)definition clue
B)contrast clue
C)example clue
D)general sense of the sentence clue


5To determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word from context, you should ask yourself,
A)"Who or what is this about?"
B)"What does this word mean?"
C)"Based on this word's structure, what would this word be likely to mean?"
D)"What would this word have to mean in order to make sense in this sentence?"


6The phrases refers to, is known as, and means are examples of
A)definition clues.
B)contrast clues.
C)synonym clues.
D)general sense of the sentence clues.


7If a context clue comes from a different sentence, that sentence appears
A)before the sentence that contains the unfamiliar word.
B)after the sentence that contains the unfamiliar word.
C)either before or after the sentence that contains the unfamiliar word.
D)in the following paragraph.





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