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Types of Context CluesType ofContextClueWhat To Look For Signal Words Sample SentenceDefinitionA definition in thesentenceIs, are, is called,means, orBrick made of sun-driedclay is called adobe.Signal punctuation:Set off by commasThe Native Americans usedadobe, or bricks made ofsun-dried clay, to buildtheir homes.SynonymA word with a similarmeaning to theunknown wordAlso, as, like, same,similarly, tooThe Zuni built their homeswith brick made of sundriedclay. The Hopi alsoused adobe to build theirhomes.AntonymA word or phrase withthe opposite meaningof the unknown wordBut, however, incontrast, on the otherhand, though, unlikeThe Hopi lived insingle-family houses,but the Iroquois lived inlonghouses.ExampleSeveral examples in alistSuch as, for example,for instance, like,includingThe Pueblo people grewmany crops such as corn,beans, and squash.General General or inexact clues After 1700, the Pueblos gotsheep from the Spanish,and wool replaced cotton asthe most important textile.Based on Baumann, J. F., Font, G., Edwards, E. C., & Boland, E. (2005). Strategies for teaching middle-grade students to use wordpartand context clues. In E. H. Hiebert & M. L. Kamil (Eds.), Teaching and learning vocabulary: Bringing research to practice.Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.The Reading Teacher’s Sourcebook 363