Contextual Clues

John F Kennedy was one of the most loved and remembered presidents in the history of the United States. He did many things to help the country and the American people during his ephemeral presidency. His accomplishments include creating the peace corps, bringing the economy out of a recession, helping the African-American civil rights movement, and passing the Equal Pay Act of 1963. These successes can be attributed to his ability to be witty, charismatic, and courageous. Almost everyone loved him, from the impecunious to the rich, and majorities to minorities. Through the actions of John F. Kennedy it is clear that it is better to be loved as a leader than feared because it allows one to be easier to talk to and collaborate in solving large problems as he did.

There are many ways authors include literary devices to not only express their position on certain things, but also to evoke emotion and thought from readers for them to fully understand the reason for them being presented. The author may drop hints through tone, style, symbolism, and motifs. These four elements help lead the reader to infer reasoning, meaning, and significance behind aspects of every story.

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features

Syntax and diction can help a reader draw conclusions. The placement and choice of words that an author uses, for example in the beginning of the novel she used short childish words and sentences to give evidence of her age at that point of time in the story she is telling. “Mom ran into the room” (walls 8). Small, childlike sentences help tell the story as she experienced it at the time. As her age grows the words

| Words that mean the same or can be used in conjunction with the term.

6) Homophone (homonym)- Each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins,

53. litotes- an understatement caused by the use of double negatives. For example, Toby Keith

Metaphor: A metaphor can enhance and paint a more interesting and a more (vivid?) picture of what your are trying to explain. It easily conveys a message. For example if you say “It was Scary” the reader will not know how scary but if you say “I was so scared I felt like a mouse before a great

Reading: Locates, understands, and interprets written information in prose and documents--including manuals, graphs, and schedules--to perform tasks; learns from text by determining the main idea or essential message; identifies relevant details, facts and specifications; infers or locates the meaning of unknown or technical vocabulary; and judges the accuracy, appropriateness, style, and plausibility of reports, proposals, or theories of other writers.( 134 USDOL)

My mother told me her story about her high school best friend turning out to be a snake.

out basic information on what the author will talk about. It introduces the characters, time, in this

The 35th President of the United States of America, John F. Kennedy, was an amazing man. John was a President that served in our countries military, funded the program of N.A.S.A, and put bills into congress to desegregate schools and public places. From the second oldest child born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the president that succeeded in giving all Americans the rights they deserved, he truly was amazing. His legacy still impacts people today.

John F Kennedy was a man that led this country and government with integrity he was a man that was for the people and he thought of the people in a very

in order to input recognition of these concepts into the readers’ minds for better understanding

“ … Collet has sensed an atypical intensity in his captain.” (pg. 71) In this context, I think atypical means different from the usual. Unusual and abnormal are both synonyms of atypical. These words increased my understanding that Collet knew that there was something not quite right about Captain Bezu Fache. “ … instinct telling him something was amiss.” (pg. 131) In this context, I can guess that amiss means wrong. Faulty and flawed are two synonyms for amiss. These words increased my understanding of the situation and why Grouard was slightly panicking. “Maybe Da Vinci’s plethora of tantalizing clues was nothing but an empty promise left behind to frustrate the curious and bring a smirk to the face of his knowing Mona Lisa.” (pg. 170) The word plethora could mean way of doing in this context. Excess and surplus are synonyms of plethora. These words helped me understand that Robert Langdon was stating that Leonardo Da Vinci hid many annoying clues in his paintings. “That secret is protected by an intricate system of compartmentalized knowledge, … ” (pg. 171) Compartmentalized in this context could mean not often shared or kept secret. Two synonyms for this word are categorize and label. These synonyms increased my understanding of the Priory of Sion members’ way of keeping the grail map a secret. “ … much lower than they had been on his first minute when everything was ablaze.” (pg. 173) In this context ablaze might mean on fire or busy. Brightly colored and lighted are