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futuristic · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

In which of the following sentences is context most helpful in understanding the italicized word?

A) Brian's mother was tenacious regarding his attendance at the state college, but his father did not seem to care.
B) Gretchen is benevolent in all of her dealings with people, even when she does not know a person.
C) Maple trees are pervasive in Indiana and in some other parts of the United States as well.
D) Bethany's friends clandestinely planned a birthday party for her soon after she turned twenty-one.

Question 2

Students in an eighth-grade class are studying the Civil War in social studies. As part of this unit of study, they work together to create a semantic map of words associated with the Civil War, including words that they have recently learned (e.g., emancipation, habeas corpus). This activity is most likely to promote students' vocabulary development by

A) showing them how context can be used to determine the meaning of new vocabulary.
B) providing them with fun experiences using the new vocabulary.
C) helping them to categorize, visualize, and remember new vocabulary.
D) guiding them to discover the multiple meanings of new vocabulary.