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o Reread the sentence that contains the
unknown word. Be on the lookout for

punctuation.

o Reread the sentences before and after the
sentence that contains the unknown word.

o Based on the clues, try to figure out the
meaning of the word.

o Insert your meaning in the original sentence to
see whether it makes sense.

Look at the example:

Do you know what ‘misogynist” means? If not, try to make a guess:
A misogynist is

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Now read these sentences. Try again to guess what misogynist means.

a. She realized that her boss was a misogynist soon after she started working for
him.

b. It is difficult for a woman to work for a misogynist. She is never sure of the
reason for his criticism.

c. She knew that no woman would ever get a top-level job in a company owned
by a misogynist

You know from sentence a that a misogynist is a man. From sentence b you learn
that a misogynist criticizes women’s work. Then from c you understand that a

misogynist has negative feelings about women. Therefore, we can conclude that
the meaning of the word misogynist is a man who hates women or believe that

men are much better than women.
(Cited from Sultan (2019))

Reading more example of Compare & Contrast essay

McDonald's and Fox's Diner
by William Gipson

McDonald's and Fox's Diner are two of the restaurants in Lake City,
Tennessee. But even though they both sell hamburgers in the same town, they

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