Inference and Context Clues
OCHS English
Cartoon Context Clues
• What is “calligraphy?”
• What does this cartoon play off of for humor?
• There is a deeper message here about our society…what is it?
Cartoon #2• What is PETA and
Amnesty International? What are they likely to be based on this woman’s statement?
• What literary device is represented by this woman’s statement?
Inference
Why would the men be going in circles?
Inference: what does
equine mean?Why is this joke funny?
Is it?
Inference
What is the implicationhere?
What does implicationmean?
Context Clues
• What is hydrochloric acid?
• What does “deftly” mean?
• What is particularly funny about this joke?
Inference
Inference
How do you think the author feels about modern society? What clues do you get in the comic?
Play on Words
What is etymology?
Why is this joke what we call a double-entendre?
Why are certain religions
recyclable?
Any reason Catholics don’t
make it into Paradise?
What does it mean to be agnostic?
What is spelunking? What background does someone have to know for this to be funny?
What is the implication here? Is it possible? Why/why not?
Where is it likely this
test is taking place?
Try to be as specific as possible…
