Every field of study or work uses familiar words in special ways. These words are called jargon. For example, what comes to mind when you hear the word diamond? If you were a jeweler, you’d picture one thing. If you were a baseball player, you’d picture another thing.

Use context clues to help you interpret the meaning of jargon.

• 1. Look for words or phrases in the same sentence or paragraph that may be clues to the word’s meaning.

• 2. Test the meaning in the sentence to see if it makes sense.

• 3. If you still can’t figure out what the word means, check a dictionary.

Figure Out Word Meanings Look through the selection to find the baseball jargon listed below. Use context clues to figure out their meaning.

• 1. infield, p. 526

• 2. a single, p. 528

• 3. grand slam, p. 528

• 4. a pop fly, p. 528

• 5. hit .351, p. 530

• 6. stealing bases, p. 531

Most biographies are organized by chronological order. Writers tell a sequence of events in a person’s life.

Make a Sequence Chain One way to clearly see the sequence of events in a person’s life is to make a Sequence Chain. Look for signal words such as first, next, and last to help you find the correct order of events. Here is the beginning of a sequence chain of events in Roberto Clemente’s life. Copy the Sequence Chain and add other events from Clemente’s life.

Sequence Chain