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    The context clue that helps define the underlined words is the surrounding text or context. The document discusses how jargon, or technical language used in a specific field, can be confusing for newcomers to that field without context clues. It advises asking questions if the meaning of jargon cannot be determined from context.

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    Context Clues Worksheet

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    The context clue that helps define the underlined words is the surrounding text or context. The document discusses how jargon, or technical language used in a specific field, can be confusing for newcomers to that field without context clues. It advises asking questions if the meaning of jargon cannot be determined from context.

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    The context clue that helps define the underlined words is the surrounding text or context. The document discusses how jargon, or technical language used in a specific field, can be confusing for newcomers to that field without context clues. It advises asking questions if the meaning of jargon cannot be determined from context.

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    Context Clues Worksheet

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    The context clue that helps define the underlined words is the surrounding text or context. The document discusses how jargon, or technical language used in a specific field, can be confusing for newcomers to that field without context clues. It advises asking questions if the meaning of jargon cannot be determined from context.

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    Name the type of context clue that helps to define the meaning of the words

    underlined.

    Jargon a type of shorthand communication often used in the


    workplace. It is the technical language of a special field. Imagine it is
    your first time working as a server in a restaurant and your manager
    tells you he is going to eighty-six the roasted chicken. If you do not
    realize that eighty-six means to remove an item from the menu, you
    could be confused.
    When you first start a job, no matter where it may be, you will
    encounter jargon that will likely be foreign to you. Perhaps after
    working the job for a short time, you too will feel comfortable enough
    to use it. When you are first hired, however, jargon can be baffling
    and make you feel like an outsider. If you cannot decipher the jargon
    based on the context, it is always a good policy to ask.

    On your own sheet of paper, write the name of the context


    clue that helps to define the underlined words.
    Maggie was a precocious child to say the least. She
    produced brilliant watercolor paintings by the age of three.
    At first, her parents were flabbergastedutterly blown away
    by their daughters ability, but soon they got used to their
    little painter. Her preschool teacher said that
    Maggies dexterity, or ease with which she used her hands,
    was something she had never before seen in such a young
    child. Little Maggie never gloated or took pride in her
    paintings; she just smiled contentedly when she finished one
    and requested her parents give it to someone as a gift.
    Whenever people met Maggie for the first time they often
    watched her paint with their mouths agape, but her parents
    always kept their mouths closed and simply smiled over
    their little Monet.
    Collaboration
    Please share with a classmate and compare your answers.

    Identify the context clue that helps define the underlined


    words in each of the following sentences. Write the context
    clue on your own sheet of paper.
    1. Lucinda is very adroit on the balance beam, but
    Constance is rather clumsy.
    2. I saw the entomologist, a scientist who studies insects,
    cradle the giant dung beetle in her palm.
    3. Lances comments about politics were irrelevant and
    meaningless to the botanists lecture on plant
    reproduction.
    4. Before I left for my trip to the Czech Republic, I listened to
    my mothers sage advice and made a copy of my
    passport.
    5. His rancor, or hatred, for socializing resulted in a life of
    loneliness and boredom.
    6. Martin was mortified, way beyond embarrassment, when
    his friends teamed up to shove him into the pool.
    7. The petulant four-year-old had a baby sister who was, on
    the contrary, not grouchy at all.

    8. The philosophy teacher presented the students with


    several conundrums, or riddles, to solve.
    9. Most Americans are omnivores, people that eat both
    plants and animals.
    10.

    Elena is effervescent, as excited as a cheerleader,

    for example, when she meets someone for the first time.

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