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trying to  \nincrease your power to express yourself,you can buildyour vocabulary painlessly by using context clues.Here's how.  \nDo you knowthe meaning of the wordubiquitous?If you don't,you're probably inthe majority.It's arelatively uncommon word.Here's ubiquitous in the context of a briefpassage:  \nClue Yourself In:Four Kinds of Context  \nFour types of context clues help readers tounderstand the meaning of a piece of writingeven when some of the words are unfamiliar.The four include:(1)illustrations or exam-ples,(2)contrasts,(3)situations,and(4)definitions.  \nThe ubiquitous Martha Stewart appears tohave cloned herself.She's in magazines andnewspapers,television and radio features andads,and on the bookstore shelves.She's here,she's there,she's everywhere...  \n·Ilustration or ecample  \nSometimes writers follow the introductionof an unusual word with examples that givehints about its meaning.That was the case inthe Martha Stewart passage quoted aboveThe word ubiquitous was followed by exam-ples of the many places in which the busyStewart seems to pop up.Here's anotherexample:  \nNow do you know what ubiquitous means?Deducing meaning from context,you canprobably come close to its dictionary defini-tion:“present,or seeming to be present,every-where at the same time.”  \nWhen you were a baby or toddler,youlearned the meanings of most words from thecontext in which they occurred.If your fathersank into the sofa,yawned,and said,\"I’mexhausted,\"you learned what exhaustedmeans.No one had to define it foryou,and youdidn'tneedto know its Latin roots.  \nRich was a precocious child.By the age oftwo,he was able to read.By three,he was ableto solve complexmathematicalproblems.  \nBygiving examples of behavior that is beyondthe ability ofmost toddlers,the writer indicatesthat precocious means.\"developing early inknowledge or skill”  \nThat learning process continues throughoutour lives.All of us learn new words from thecontexts in which we hear or read them.Bybeing aware of those words,and by making aconscious effortto commit them tomemory asthey come up,we can increase our vocabularypainlessly.  \n·Contrast  \nSometimes writers reveal the meaning of aword by constructing the sentence inaway thatcontrasts it with amore familiarword:  \nPeter Bono/Stock lustration Source  \ns  \nx  \nThe malodorous scent coming from the atticwas a shocking change from the sweet-smellingflowersin theyard..  \nThe old automobile sat behind the barn in astate of desuetude—the condition of notbeing in use.  \nSome of the animals had backbones,but theothers were invertebrates.  \n# A Context-Clues Action Plan\n\nThe key to making the best use of contextclues is simple:Look for them aggressively.Read,read,read--and take fulladvantage ofthevocabulary-building possibilities that readingwillgive you.Here are a few hints that will helpyou form an action plan for buildingyour vocab-ulary by being aware of contextclues.  \nMalodorous has to mean the opposite of“sweet-smelling.”Invertebrates must be ani-mals that do nothave backbones.  \n## ·Situation\n\nJust as youinferred the meaning of exhaustedfrom the situation in which your father used theword,you can infer the meanings of words inprintfrom situations.Two examples:  \nWhile reading:  \n·Look closely at any unfamiliar word-and atthe several words that come before and afterit.  \n·Think about what you already know from thepassagein which the wordappears.  \nPhicnthropic agencies provide food,money,and clothing to needypeople around theworld.  \n·Think of somepossible meanings for the unfa-miliar word.Ask yourself,what makes me thinkitmeansthat?  \nVisiting the center forphobias,we discoveredthat people have a variety offears,including thefear ofheights,water,closedspaces,and fire  \n·Try the above steps again if you are stillunsure,orturnto a dictionary.  \nAfter reading:  \n·Use your newly acquired words in writing andeveryday speech.See if others 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