What part of speech is context?

Context is an adjective describing the noun clues.*Bonus! Different types of context clues:

1. Definition and Restatement: when the definition of the unknown Word is stated somewhere else in the sentence or passage.

2. Using Examples: when there is a list of examples that would be described by the unknown Word.

3. Compare: when the unknown Word is compared to another known Word/ when the unknown Word and a known Word have similarities in the passage (the opposite of contrasting)

4. Contrast: when the unknown is being contrasted with a known Word/ when the unknown Word and a known Word have differences in passage (the opposite of comparing)

5. Cause and Effect: when something caused something else/ when the unknown Word is diretly affected to the cause and effect in the passage

6. Inference from General Context: when what is implied in the general context is picked up on by the reader to understand the meaning of the unknown Word.