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Vocabulary Strategies: Context Clues

Context Clues (including prior knowledge)
  • Definition clues: defined in context
  • Example: Which two figures are congruent (same size, same shape)?

Appositive Clues:

  • synonym or description given
  • Example: Record your multiplication answers in the boxes. No two products should be the same.

Example Clues:



 

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