Exercise: Using contextual clues

EXERCISE 31.3

Identify the contextual clues that help you understand any unfamiliar words in the following sentences and write them in the text boxes provided. Then write paraphrases of three of the sentences.

Click Submit after each question to record your answer. If your instructor has assigned this exercise set, you must answer every question before your answers will be submitted to the gradebook.

  1. Question

    oAmSsBv8U9A12gjTbqr/T8JAh1b46KxHnWQu7nrjnSEQPxMfmcLgZGudh1V1Ref4umOTG3liPVVuo7KHGE8FX7F+Y2QYbST/HtvipPuBrEMDJdqbbEetlBiK/+D1JYhdw5HkaMcWHYx8S9sYKKm22pTuIFG2tOi7g31LquwSw6SnHlefAXzpk8BmGDKWUgYBqsRoJtiN7N9L0kRkbd2JkA==
    Before Prohibition, the criminal fringe in the United States had been a self-effacing, scattered class with little popular support.
  2. Question

    F/p1PihrogZ9Z7iA/3sXmtOL2fHoiWBrDWx7u7c9dhCsLjiwDuTlEvAW+lqwxQHTWIwpRzcCDurkV/cwdiQOITzHDziDnGZGPEezeUC3VNXTHc7pPWOmUYvYUuzCeDTuNWH3MhaBdw9KtFsD2rk6ejrK3muXLSo+QlBZViIPrcMxKs6Q0gDuScIV15Q=
    The judge failed to recuse himself from the trial, even though he had a vested interest in the case’s outcome.
  3. Question

    zeh36btPItsClTWjbmVRaCOLKhQZ09iL7n8PDd2l2IFVdaPvpNr0Q76ZbZ9kbTGh9PkqJRep6uNQ/t3n73K+eZzT0yF7SwEFh8E1kt2WmIqo1bwx52x7pDWjXjShsovw2c9ly86WcG1tFN4Ipi1XpZwtLrx2fsNY9X7oG0kEbjrOEeZPF9PU9qXi/qRncyQRaz6v9ftBYQ+NNGMSIUd+pucvDPDNgF6ApsFlKvplvijz1ZWw6g9dQqYIjIwZqTRvhZgDO42D4VrHhDX2CWKASuRDRaw=
    The clownfish lives symbiotically among sea anemones: it is protected from predators by the anemones’ poisonous tentacles, and it defends its territory by fighting off anemone-eaters.
  4. Question

    tzI6qT+gw3u4x10zZvlyh1gp14IzXzSiGO60Xa9AJ9v6JC3SPCxCdLLpuvYb+qVXhBNuEPQGKvLIKIMalqFQOpkVQ97f06/n+ZFKJDp6/i7/ABe3NkkD/+YKFFrqOcQHqLdbk9tyemJcj6Gv82o4W771MYp/R8+tEhOVMsg1OEi/yuycLYFri/dbGLZca4Of
    Some have made the mistake of assuming that the new casinos will be a panacea for the state’s financial problems.
  5. Question

    uLu3r4ISkceVwzSNFUFjJBJCL6kn26e/gv5JMALOwzy66zWsP1GRG9W0zLs49H+kNDeQgbuSQU3uXmR/k6D3YdFtUuTYcg002Hva7E3d3Cy0PsQRw2cWsluI5/FvOmgp+jhWERO9ekZAZgIvKt4t/7818BpX65WklTcb/gKHG4sdNExPGfY3MzwwzIWHvVoiYTO1Y++SkpSw/1axl9odhzXVnY3N6Wzqz3fi46LFsq6oHY8TyjwUqg==
    Health officials warned the population of an extremely virulent strain of flu next season and urged those with compromised immune systems to be vaccinated.

Use the text boxes below to write your three paraphrases.

Question

KAR9LC8+ZIQbCEfLdEF9uL2uCXi57kl+xtvo+6ljujTWEzqJ8G9rW7GmJ3KbHxZTKJQMCK9kJ6wifks4LXiyiMMZsPtlwxIXImJW8oCU/BthMQwTVaKRvXHJtPBsk6iN7m6yxwlq/VjQJ1bwWVsU1ocNQYo=

Question

C7x7HP7EL1uRUcvEHXWsmwDFgrfBb2IMHLNRJTSkfXQvFvUAP3pABuMK5mm8Lp5APLu6ja9U4TWb8H4aDQ+fqAtkJO+5EFYaUwPA9a76n0pB0+1agZoRYLqz2IyNZg5ZwV8xfJKY12szAhxXbYbzTtm3Zsc=

Question

OUWHdF/akwgz/ZFzyK3tGYt6qvG7bLyn+51WvBA0YS8TmchpPs4u6sBbkQ2dCLSWd0wd6RD4qzvrhy8MHh/JPRgQ7cVWsDRUu33wmmahDFKkNzx3wSZHUI99Ge496j7056OqAWD2bMd5xN5O5Vy/qgTDuFs=