Question

Which type of context clue can be used to determine the meaning of the bolded word in the following sentence? Unlike his arrogant brother, Marcus did not tell everyone how smart he was. A. comparison B. restatement C. contrast D. example

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Contrast

Explanation:

The bolded word is arrogant!

When words or phrases like unlike, as opposed to, far from, dissimilar, disparate and others of the similar meaning appears in a context, they're used bring contrasting ideas together.

The above statement shows that

1. His brother his arrogant

2. He didn't tell anyone he's smart

From (1), we understand that Marcus is not arrogant

From (2), we understand that his brother tells everyone he's smart

The analysis above and the extracted statement 1 and 2 show contrasting ideas.

Hence, the right answer is C. Contrast

Answer 2

Its actually contrast.