A context sentence is one that gives a word and its meaning in the same sentence. Example: The answering machine message was so inane that I could not get any meaning from it. ... One easy strategy is to use a compound sentence. A compound sentence is two little sentences joined with a conjunction or a semi-colon.

What is an example of a context?

immediately next to or surrounding a specified word or passage and determining its exact meaning. ... An example of context is the words that surround the word "read" that help the reader determine the tense of the word. An example of context is the history surrounding the story of Shakespeare's King Henry IV.

What are context clues examples?

Some simple examples are “bank,” “live,” and “rose.” Context clues allow us to choose the specific meaning the author intended for that word, at that time.