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
3.
little norpul crawled across
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 The
limb
4.
little norpul crawled across the
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 The
little norpul crawled across the
limb with the nut.
5.
 And the answer is…
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A squirrel!
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 How
did you figure out the
meaning of the word without
looking it up in the dictionary or
asking someone?
Context Clues
 What
does callow mean?
 The callow
 1.
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 The
2.
callow baby-sitter
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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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Immature
or
inexperienced!
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 don’t know.

For example,

The long internecine

1.

The long internecine war

2.

The long internecine war impoverished both
sides

4.

The long internecine war impoverished both
sides for decades after it ended.
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5.