Hello everyone!
For this week's discussion, I chose to apply the Context Clues vocabulary strategy. This involves looking closely at the words and sentences surrounding an unfamiliar word to figure out its meaning, rather than immediately going to a dictionary.
I tried this strategy while reading an article about [Topic of an article, book, or story you read today, e.g., renewable energy, historical events, cooking].
New Words Learned:
This strategy was quite effective. I focused on a few unfamiliar words and used the surrounding text to deduce their meanings.
* Word 1: Elicit
* Context: The writer used a strong argument to elicit a positive response from the readers.
* Deduction: Since the writer wanted a "positive response," elicit must mean to draw out or provoke (a reaction or answer).
* Word 2: Ubiquitous
* Context: Mobile phones are now considered ubiquitous; you see them everywhere you go.
* Deduction: Because the context says you see them "everywhere," ubiquitous must mean present everywhere or existing everywhere at the same time.