Chapter 3 Reflection

Before reading chapter 3 I did not know that there are five different types of context clues. These five types of context clues are: definition, synonym, example, contrast and inference. I want to know more about how contrast clues help you understand the meaning of a word. I learned from reading this chapter that example clues are the easiest for me to understand or clarify a word. I would like to know more about why inference clues are used to figure out the meaning of an unknown word.