Reading and learning new words is about finding their meaning and use within a passage. The meaning of unknown words which you come across in your reading sometimes can be known by their surroundings , that is, their contexts. The context of the sentence can tell us the part of speech of the unknown word. Using the context of the paragraph to define unknown words can also be natural .
Readers often have trouble because they understand the sentence word by word but different meaning of a word, when they should identify the way it has been used in the passage.
One consideration in using the context is to determine the unknown word's part, of speech. The words around the unknown word can give you clues . Once you know if the word is a noun or an adjective, t is often enough for you to continue reading without having to stop to look up the meaning of the word. After coming across the word a few more times, you will know its meaning more firmly than if you had just looked it up.
Comparison clues indicate that two or more things are alike .A comparison is possible because the known and unknown words have similarities .Words likewise show you that comparisons can be made.
Example clues tell you that an example of an unknown word follows. Example clues are usually introduced by the following words and phrases: such as, such, other, for example, and like.
To find meanings from text -based clues, you should look for clues in the sentence. A second kind of clue does not rely on specific words to indicate meaning. This kind of context clue is called frame- work -based clue. Your knowledge of the meanings of surrounding words helps you discover the meaning of a word or sentence. Common sense and your knowledge of the parts of speech also help in defining unknown words. For example: The angry driver shouted vehemently during his fight with the other driver. What does vehemently mean?Youknowwhat angry means, and you know how people take when they argue. From this, you can set out that vehemently has something to do with strong ambition or intense feeling.