Reading & WritingChapter 4: Words in Context
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4-6: Definition/restatement clue?
💡Recall the clue rule before revealing the answer.
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Nearby wording directly rephrases the focal idea.
ExampleApply this distinction to the next Using Contrast and Definition Clues passage.
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4-6: Contrast clue?
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Nearby wording shows what differs from or opposes the focal idea.
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4-6: Example clue?
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A specific instance reveals the category, action, or property meant.
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4-6: Cause/result clue?
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The consequence helps reveal what the focal action did.
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4-6: Description clue?
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Properties or details narrow the intended meaning.
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4-6: Parallel-idea clue?
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A nearby sentence expresses the same or a closely related idea.
ExampleApply this distinction to the next Using Contrast and Definition Clues passage.
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4-6: Why combine clues?
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One local hint may be broad; a later contrast or result can disambiguate it.
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4-6: Signal words guarantee the answer?
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No. They identify relationships; the reader must interpret the content.
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4-6: Roots versus context?
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Roots can suggest a candidate, but context decides the tested sense.
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4-6: Local-fit trap?
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A choice fits one phrase but contradicts another decisive clue.
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4-6: What official skill contains this topic?
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Craft and Structure → Words in Context. The topic is an internal teaching subdivision.
ExampleApply this distinction to the next Using Contrast and Definition Clues passage.
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4-6: What are the two official item forms?
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Determine a high-utility word's contextual meaning, or choose the most logical and precise word or phrase for a blank.
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4-6: What is this topic's focus?
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Relationships that restate, contrast, exemplify, describe, or show a result.
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4-6: What should you predict?
💡Recall the prediction rule before revealing the answer.
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Paraphrase what the clue contributes before choosing a definition.
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4-6: Name the main trap.
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Responding to a signal word without checking the relationship or larger passage.
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4-6: What should difficulty come from?
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Contextual complexity, polysemy, and semantic precision—not deliberately obscure vocabulary.
ExampleApply this distinction to the next Using Contrast and Definition Clues passage.
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4-6: Why are synonyms not automatically interchangeable?
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They can differ in degree, scope, connotation, relationship, register, or collocation.
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4-6: Context versus roots?
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Roots may suggest possibilities, but context determines the answer.
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4-6: What does the global check ask?
💡Recall the verification rule before revealing the answer.
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Does the candidate preserve the larger passage's meaning, tone, and relationship?
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4-6: What is the ambiguity rule?
💡Recall the validation rule before revealing the answer.
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If two choices fit with equal precision, the item needs stronger context or revised options.
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