Praxis 5362 Practice Question
A middle school ESL teacher is teaching a class of intermediate-proficiency-level ELs how to use different types of context clues to decipher the meaning of unknown words. The teacher asks the students to read the following sentence. Her grandfather is very loquacious， but her grandmother is very quiet and hardly talks at all. The sentence uses which of the following types of context clues?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The sentence provides a clear contrast between the terms "loquacious" and "quiet," illustrating how the meanings differ. This contrast serves as an antonym context clue, helping students infer that "loquacious" means talkative.
Option A, Example, is incorrect because the sentence does not provide an example of "loquacious." Option B, Explanation, is not suitable since the sentence does not define "loquacious" directly. Option D, Synonym, is also incorrect as there is no synonym provided for "loquacious" in the sentence. Thus, the use of antonyms effectively aids in understanding the new vocabulary.
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