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You can sit beside the window
and look at the ants below.
From here, the earth looks all the same,
There
no matter where you go.
Definition
Restatement or Synonym
Contrast or Antonym
Comparison
Example
List or Series
Cause and Effect
Description or Inference
DEFINITION
The unknown word is explained by using a
more familiar word or phrase
EXAMPLES:
EXAMPLES:
*Meat eaters, that is carnivores, are at the top of
the food chain.
*The goslings--those fuzzy baby geese--waddled
after their mother.
*She enjoyed biology (the study of living things).
Restatement / Synonym Clues:
Examples:
Flooded with spotlights – the focus of
all attention – the new Miss America
began her year-long reign. She was the
cynosure of all eyes for the rest of the
evening.
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or base words.
By studying prefixes, suffixes and root/base words we
Examples:
The root cred means “to believe,” and the prefix in- means
“not.” Therefore, if a story is incredible, it is unbelievable.
6. Bats that eat fruit and nectar spread seeds and help flowers
grow. Without bats many important plants would not thrive. What
does the word thrive probably mean?