Read the sentence. andrea's opponent was honest and straightforward, but andrea used her guile to win the contest. what type of context clue in the sentence can be used to determine the meaning of guile? a definition a synonym an antonym an inference (not d)

The answer is an inference, because eventhough you know the meaning of honest and straightforward, the contrast used, through the but connector, lead us to guess the meaning of guile.

The correct answer is C. An antonym

Explanation:

In texts, a context clue refers to the hints provided by another word or words about the meaning of an unknown/ unfamiliar word, that help the reader to know the meaning of a specific word based on the words that are part of a sentence or section. Additionally, context clues can be of different types such as definition, synonym or antonym as they can provide different types of information about the unknown word. In the case presented, the unknown word is "guile" and the meaning of this is mainly suggested by the word "honest and straightforward" because the conjunction "but" tells the reader the qualities "honest and straightforward" are the opposite or an antonym of "guile" that means fraud or trickery and therefore, the context clue used is an antonym as opposite terms are included to understand the unknown word "guile".