Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning 1-2 What is context? the parts of a sentence, paragraph, discourse, etc immediately next to or surrounding a specified word or passage and determining its exact meaning(Webster (Textbook: context means: the words or sentences before or after the item you don t know”p.1)Reading Skill: Context Clue to Word Meaning I-2 What is context? the parts of a sentence, paragraph, discourse, etc. immediately next to or surrounding a specified word or passage and determining its exact meaning (Webster) (Textbook: context means: “the words or sentences before or after the item you don’t know.” p. 1)