Clues Activity 1: Determine the type of context clue that is being exemplified by the following.
Choose from the following: d. comparison a synonym e. explanation/example b. antonym f. inference c. definition g. cause and effect
1. The feral cat would not let us pet him, unlike our friendly cat. 2. He loves reading books about celestial bodies, such as the sun, moon, and the stars. 3. Geometry is the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogs. 4. She was enthralled by the lovely dresses in her new closet similar to the way that a young girl is amazed of Disney princesses. 5 Wearing uniform is not mandatory. Students will be allowed to wear pants and white t-shirts. 6. She is the best when it comes to composing Haikus-short poems with 3 lines and 17 syllables. 7. The Coco festival is always a fun celebration in the city of San Pablo. 8. Inertia a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force 9. Carbonara is like white spaghetti. 10. The residents or the people living in the area had to leave because of the extreme flooding.