What are the examples of context clues?

Answer 1

Context Clue #1: Definition or Restatement

The meaning of the vocabulary word is in the sentence itself, usually following the vocabulary word.

Jack's duplicity - crafty dishonesty - caused him to steal his coworker's pensions by funneling their money into an offshore account.

Context Clue #2: Synonym

The sentence uses a similar word to help explain the meaning of the vocabulary word.

The Baseball coach punished the team's duplicity or deceitfulness after they admitted to using steroids to boost their batting averages.

Context Clue #3: Antonym /Opposite/Contrast

The sentence uses a word with an opposite definition to give the meaning of the vocabulary word.

It was your duplicity that caused me to break up with you! Had you been honest, I wouldn't have felt the need.

Unlike my last employee who had integrity to spare, you have nothing more than duplicity and will not receive a recommendation from me for another job.

Context Clue #4: Example or Explanation

This type of context clue uses examples to help the reader infer the meaning of the vocabulary word.

His duplicity involved lowering his employee's salaries, increasing their stock options, and then stealing the money he saved by doing so.

I was aghast at her duplicity when she stole my diamond earrings, sold them on eBay and lied to me about it the whole time.

Answer 2

Context clues of all sorts can be found in sentences in English, as in any language. As just one example, the sentence, "Although she loathed eating meat, she still ate turkey at Thanksgiving in order to avoid conflict with her mother,", contains the context clues of "Although" and "still" which indicate the relationships of the dependent and independent clauses which make up the sentence as a whole.

Answer 3

I won't tell you, but I bet you'll figure it out based on this sentence.