NAME:________________________________________________ DATE:_________________________
CONTEXT CLUES – A Mother’s Love
Context clues are the hints provided in text, which lead the reader to meanings of words.
When readers come across an unfamiliar word, they often look in different places in the text for
clues to the meaning. These clues can be found before, within, or after the sentence with the
unfamiliar word.
Use CONTEXT CLUES to determine the meaning of the following unknown words. Please write
your answer in your own words.
1. In paragraph 1, what does the word isolation mean?
2. In paragraph 2, what does the word ramshackle mean?
3. In paragraph 9, what does the word barren mean?
4. In paragraph 10, what does the word treacherous mean?
5. In paragraph 15, what does the word anguish mean?
6. In paragraph 19, what does the word indistinguishable mean?
7. In paragraph 25, what does the word dense mean?
8. In paragraph 29, what does the word terror mean?
9. In paragraph 38, what does the word reluctantly mean?
10. In paragraph 45, what does the word recognition mean?