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Ephraim shows contentious remarks against the degrading remarks of a certain politician.

identify the type of context clue (CONTENTIOUS) used in statement

Answer:

Restatement/Synonym Clues

Explanation:

Context clues are unknown words in a text, where the reader can understand the meaning through the context of the sentence in which these words are inserted. With this, the reading time and motivation to read are optimized, because the reader does not need to stop reading to look for the meaning of the word.

The phrase shown in the question above uses the word "contentious" as a context clue. This is because through the context of the sentence we can see that this word means something contrary and challenging.

This type of context clue is called Restatement/Synonym Clues, because it uses an unknown word in a simple and easy way.

The type of context clue that is used in the statement is the restatement or the synonym clues.

  • Context clues refer to the hints, that can be found within a passage, which can be used by the reader to understand the meaning of the unfamiliar words.

  • A context clue can be a definition, example, or antonym that appears near a phrase and gives suggestion about the meaning of the word.

  • In the phrase, the context clue is "contentious". The way the word was used is a hint and it means that's something that's challenging. In this case, an unknown word was being used in a simple way. This is called the restatement or the synonym clues.

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