Use the sentence to complete the activity. There was something incongruous about hearing a lecture from my friend on not giving up, when she does not follow through with any sports she plays. In 2-3 sentences, define incongruous and explain how both the context clues and word parts can help you discover the word’s meaning. (2 points)
Incongruous means not in harmony or not in line with what is expected or logical. In this sentence, the fact that the friend gives a lecture on not giving up while not following through with any sports she plays creates a contradiction or inconsistency. The word "in-" as a prefix indicates negation or lack of, while "congruous" is derived from the Latin word "congruere" meaning to agree or accord. Both the context clues (contrasting the friend's behavior with her lecture) and the word parts (negation and agreement) suggest that incongruous means not being in agreement or not being consistent with expectations.
