In Around the World in Eighty Days there are some tricky words. Since it was written in ancient English. Here are some of the words that I thought were tricky and how I used context clues to solve what they meant.
Context Clue Signal Words Punctuation Example
Example This is like, what it is, and in real life. In real life lavish is to much but
not to the point of being superflous.
It would be like
Restatement Is, are, in other words. ‘ _ (..) : In other words taciturn is like
not talking to people alot
Contrast Different from, opposite from,
the antonym of. The word
The Quotes and how I used the Context Clue
The chapter that I will quote for lavish is chapter one in the begininng few paragraphs " Fogg wasn't lavish but on the contrary he was very anonymous when donating money to a noble or benevolent cause." I used the example context clue to understand what lavish ment by looking around the sentence and seeing what other examples of this were.
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The qoute that uses taciturn is chapter one in the beginning few paragraphs " He talked very little and seemed suspicious in his tacturn manner." I used the restatement context clue to figure out what this meant. I saw how Verne stated that he was bery quiet and then he said taciturn. So I thought that it meant that taciturn meant silent or not very talkative.
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The quote that uses extravegent in chapter 1 in the first few paragraphs " He was not lavish, on the contrary he was not at all benevolent when he donated money to a noble cause." I knew what taciturn meant so i thought that the way he used them they were antonyms. When he said this I thought that it must mean outspoken and not reserved.
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Context Clue Signal Words Punctuation Example
Example This is like, what it is, and in real life. In real life lavish is to much but
not to the point of being superflous.
It would be like
Restatement Is, are, in other words. ‘ _ (..) : In other words taciturn is like
not talking to people alot
Contrast Different from, opposite from,
the antonym of. The word
The Quotes and how I used the Context Clue
The chapter that I will quote for lavish is chapter one in the begininng few paragraphs " Fogg wasn't lavish but on the contrary he was very anonymous when donating money to a noble or benevolent cause." I used the example context clue to understand what lavish ment by looking around the sentence and seeing what other examples of this were.
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The qoute that uses taciturn is chapter one in the beginning few paragraphs " He talked very little and seemed suspicious in his tacturn manner." I used the restatement context clue to figure out what this meant. I saw how Verne stated that he was bery quiet and then he said taciturn. So I thought that it meant that taciturn meant silent or not very talkative.
Quote retrieved from http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/jverne/bl-jver-80-1.htm
The quote that uses extravegent in chapter 1 in the first few paragraphs " He was not lavish, on the contrary he was not at all benevolent when he donated money to a noble cause." I knew what taciturn meant so i thought that the way he used them they were antonyms. When he said this I thought that it must mean outspoken and not reserved.
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