What are clues in the text that help determine the meaning of an unknown word?

• A. Context signals
• B. Context clues
• C. Foreshadow
• D. Captions

Answer: (B)

Using context clues helps you figure out the meaning of an unknown word by looking at the surrounding words and sentences. The text often gives hints in nearby lines, such as a definition stated right with the word, restating the idea in simpler words, giving examples, or showing synonyms or antonyms. These clues let you infer what the word means without stopping to look it up. The really helpful idea here is that you’re using the surrounding context to understand vocabulary. Foreshadowing is about hints for future events in a story, captions are labels for pictures, and “context signals” isn’t the standard label students learn for this skill, though it describes the same idea in plain language.