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What kinds of context clues can help you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word? Describe at least two.

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By looking at the rest of the sentence to try to see how the word is being used.
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1) A reader might use the surrounding words in the sentence to help figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

2) A reader might use an image accompanied with the text to help figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

3) A reader might use punctuation, occasionally an author will separate the definition of a word from the rest of the sentence using commas, or semicolons. To help figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

That’s three so you should be good.
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