{"id":145,"date":"2020-02-25T23:15:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T04:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedenglish\/chapter\/25-context-clues-and-close-reading-for-literature\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T14:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T18:07:01","slug":"context-clues","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/advancedenglish\/chapter\/context-clues\/","title":{"raw":"Context Clues for Literature","rendered":"Context Clues for Literature"},"content":{"raw":"Besides clues to help you determine the pattern or genre of a reading selection, there are clues to help you figure out the meaning of specific words that are unfamiliar to you. Here are the five most common:\r\n
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  1. Definition\/Explanation Clues<\/strong>: sometimes the meaning of a word or phrase is given right after its use.\r\nExample: Taxidermy, the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals (especially vertebrates) for display or for other sources of study,\u00a0is popular among museum curators.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Restatement\/Synonym Clues<\/strong>: sometimes a word is presented in a simpler way.\r\nExample: Stuffing dead animals has been a dream of Stedman Nimblebody, author of\u00a0 Taxidermy Through the Ages,<\/em> ever since his pet snake died when Steddie was six years old. He still misses Mr. Scaly Face.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Contrast\/Antonym Clues<\/strong>: sometimes the meaning of a word is clarified by presenting a word or phrase opposite of its meaning.\r\nExample: Little Steddie wanted to visit the Taxidermy Museum but the rest of the family preferred a trip to the Zoo to see live animals.<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Inference\/General Context Clues<\/strong>: sometimes the meaning of a word or phrase is in the surrounding sentences, or must be inferred or implied by the general meaning of a selection.\r\nExample: When Steddie finally got the chance to visit the Taxidermy Museum, he was very excited. He even found a stuffed snake that looked exactly like Mr. Scaly Face! \"Just think,\" he exclaimed to his parents, \"If Mr. Scaly Face was stuffed, I could still tease the cat and the dog with him!\"<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. Punctuation<\/strong>: the correct use of punctuation helps a reader get the meaning of a term, phrase, or thought. Likewise, incorrectly placed or missing punctuation sometimes gives an entirely different and incorrect meaning across.\r\nExample:\r\nMissing punctuation: Is it time to eat Grandma?\r\nCorrected: Is it time to eat, Grandma?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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