Ecstatic and Other New Words: Author's Purpose

Read about strategies for learning new words, then work out why the author wrote it.

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Vocabulary strategies help you understand and remember new words.

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Find what matters in the words.

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Slow down. The first answer that pops up isn't always the right one.

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Vocabulary strategies help you understand and remember new words. One effective strategy is using context clues, which are hints found in the text around an unfamiliar word. For example, if you read, 'The girl was ecstatic when she won the contest; her smile was as bright as the sun,' you can figure out that 'ecstatic' means very happy because of the clues 'won the contest' and 'smile. ' Another strategy is breaking words into smaller parts to find their meaning. This is called word analysis.

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For instance, the word 'unhappiness' can be broken down into 'un-' (not), 'happy' (joyful), and '-ness' (state of being), helping you understand it means 'the state of not being happy. ' Using these strategies can make learning new vocabulary exciting and easier!

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Why did the author most likely write this passage?

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Which sentence did the author write in this passage?

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