Context Clues

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Context Clues

• What is a norpul?
• My Guess

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• The little norpul
• 1.

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• The little norpul crawled
• 2.

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• The little norpul crawled across
• 3.

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• The little norpul crawled across the limb
• 4.

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• The little norpul crawled across the limb with
  the nut.
• 5.
• And the answer is

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Context Clues

• A squirrel!

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Context Clues

• How did you figure out the meaning of the word
  without looking it up in the dictionary or asking
  someone?

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Context Clues

• What does callow mean?
• The callow
• 1.

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• The callow baby-sitter
• 2.

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• The callow baby-sitter jumped on the couch
• 3.

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• The callow baby-sitter jumped on the couch and
  stuck out her tongue
• 4.

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• The callow baby-sitter jumped on the couch and
  stuck out her tongue at the crying child!
• 5.
• And the answer is

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Context Clues

• Immature or inexperienced!

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What type of context clues could I use to find
the meaning of a word?

• I can use several types of context clues to
  find the meaning of a word I dont know.
• For example,

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• The long internecine
• 1.

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• The long internecine war
• 2.

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• The long internecine war impoverished both sides
• 4.

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• The long internecine war impoverished both sides
  for decades after it ended.
• 5.