IN WHICH SENTENCE DOES THE AUTHOR DESCRIBE THE CORAL POLYP
3.
In which sentence does the author describe the coral polyp?
a.
sentence (1)
b.
sentence (2)
c.
sentence (4)
d.
sentence (5)
TIPS FOR VOCABULARY QUESTIONS
Active readers make a habit of looking up unfamiliar words. But
in a testing situation, you can’t use a dictionary. The following
strategies will aid you in figuring out what unfamiliar terms mean:
■
Look at context—the words and sentences surrounding
the word—for clues about meaning. For example, you
can determine what the word gullible
means from this
context: Fred is so gullible. He will believe anything that
Oliver tells him.
The phrase “he will believe anything”
restates the meaning of the word gullible
and suggests its
meaning of being easily duped or cheated.
■
Is the word negative or positive?
Using the context of
the passage, determine whether the unfamiliar term is a
negative or positive one. In the preceding example, you
can conclude that gullible
is not positive in that context.
Thus, you can eliminate any answer choices that are
positive terms.
■
Replace the vocabulary word
with the remaining
answers, one at a time. Does the answer choice make
sense when you read the sentence? If not, eliminate that
answer choice.
Practice
Choose the correct meaning of the italicized word. Find the
answers on page 111.