MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech Reading/Listening Skills Follow Up
Part 1: Vocabulary Context Clues
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List five words in the text you were not completely sure about when you read the speech.
Next to each, write the definition of the word.
Then write out the entire passage that you used to figure out the meaning using context clues –
usually this will be just a sentence or two.
Next underline the part of the passage that gave you the hint as to what the actual meaning
was.
Finally, circle the type of context clue used to figure out the meaning of the word – notice that it
can be more than one!
Example:
word: languishing
definition: not improving; still in a bad state
Passage: One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast
ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of
American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.
Type(s) of Context Clue: Definition/Restatement
1. Word:______________________
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Type(s) of Context Clue: Definition/Restatement
2. Word:______________________
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definition:____________________________________________
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Type(s) of Context Clue: Definition/Restatement
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MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech Reading/Listening Skills Follow Up
Part 1: Vocabulary Context Clues
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definition:____________________________________________
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Type(s) of Context Clue: Definition/Restatement
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Word:______________________ definition:____________________________________________
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Type(s) of Context Clue: Definition/Restatement
5. Word:______________________
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definition:____________________________________________
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Type(s) of Context Clue: Definition/Restatement
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