The next topic is Clue from aother sentence, just to restate, I've explored one by one the types of context clues. I've explain the characteristic and how to use synonym and definiton clues, comparison and contrast clue, and General sense clues. Beside i write the advantages and disadvantages, i also write the pointer of using context clues... here you can find anything about context clues. OK, let's back to our topic. The net types of context clues is Clues of Another Sentence... let's check it out.
Using clues from Another Sentence
a. Description
Sometimes a sentence will provide a general sense clue that will help you understand the meaning of the word. Sometimes authors include information in another sentence in the paragraph that allows you to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word. The other sentence can come before or after the one with the unknown word, so it is a good idea to keep reading when you encounter an unfamiliar word.
b. Hints
look at the other sentence or other word surrounding, it is usually in the same word class.
Look at the following example:
In the first sentence, there are no context clues as to the meaning of the word ribald. The sentence that follows it, however, contains a helpful clue.
That comedian has a ribald sense of humor. Two television networks have canceled his show because viewers complained about his lewd language and vulgar jokes.
[From the second sentence, we can conclude that ribald means vulgar, coarse, or off-color. The clue is that many viewers complained about his lewd language and his vulgar jokes.]
c. Other clues from Another Sentence example
Look the sentences below:
What started out as a little rain began to turn into a big problem. The sky began to turn dark green, and lightning and thunder started crashing all around the mountains. The wind was fiercely tearing at the leaves in the trees so hard that branches started to crack and fall. Then the rain turned to hail. That’s when the boys knew they had to find better shelter from the storm.
The word fiercely is the unfamiliar word.
d. Steps to figure out the meaning
Fiercely : looks horrifying.
Sometimes a sentence will provide a general sense clue that will help you understand the meaning of the word. Sometimes authors include information in another sentence in the paragraph that allows you to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word. The other sentence can come before or after the one with the unknown word, so it is a good idea to keep reading when you encounter an unfamiliar word.
b. Hints
look at the other sentence or other word surrounding, it is usually in the same word class.
Look at the following example:
In the first sentence, there are no context clues as to the meaning of the word ribald. The sentence that follows it, however, contains a helpful clue.
That comedian has a ribald sense of humor. Two television networks have canceled his show because viewers complained about his lewd language and vulgar jokes.
[From the second sentence, we can conclude that ribald means vulgar, coarse, or off-color. The clue is that many viewers complained about his lewd language and his vulgar jokes.]
c. Other clues from Another Sentence example
Look the sentences below:
What started out as a little rain began to turn into a big problem. The sky began to turn dark green, and lightning and thunder started crashing all around the mountains. The wind was fiercely tearing at the leaves in the trees so hard that branches started to crack and fall. Then the rain turned to hail. That’s when the boys knew they had to find better shelter from the storm.
The word fiercely is the unfamiliar word.
d. Steps to figure out the meaning
1) Identify the word
(Look at the word its self, ended by ly so it means that the word is an adverb showing how the wind passing)
2) Look for the clue from another sentence
(words that are bold and not underlined are the clue. They are big problem, crashing, so hard and tearing)
3) Connect the clue to the unfamiliar word
(the clue seems like shows or indicates something sound really bad and try some guessing)
4) Infer the meaning of unfamiliar by match it to the related clue and context
(try to define the unfamiliar word using our background knowledge)
Fiercely : looks horrifying.