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Use context clues to determine the meaning of illiterate as it is used in paragraph 11 of “Remarks at the UNESCO Education for All Week Luncheon.” Write your definition here and identify clues that helped you figure out its meaning.
Across the globe, more than 800 million people are illiterate. Eighty-five percent of them live in just 34 countries, concentrated in regions affected by poverty. And more than two-thirds of the 771 million adults who cannot read a simple book, or write a basic sentence, are women.
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Definition: Illiterate means unable to read and write (cannot read a simple book or write a basic sentence).
Context clues that show this meaning:
- The sentence immediately explains who the 771 million adults are: “who cannot read a simple book, or write a basic sentence.” This is a direct restatement of “illiterate.”
- The surrounding discussion about education and poverty (people concentrated in regions affected by poverty) implies lack of schooling, which supports the reading/writing meaning.
- The statistic that “more than two-thirds … are women” is additional detail about who lacks those reading/writing skills.
Context clues that show this meaning:
- The sentence immediately explains who the 771 million adults are: “who cannot read a simple book, or write a basic sentence.” This is a direct restatement of “illiterate.”
- The surrounding discussion about education and poverty (people concentrated in regions affected by poverty) implies lack of schooling, which supports the reading/writing meaning.
- The statistic that “more than two-thirds … are women” is additional detail about who lacks those reading/writing skills.
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