The Single Most Important Factor in Growth of Vocabulary Is

question 16

Multiple Choice

The single most important factor in growth of vocabulary is the child's language environment. Children have larger vocabularies when they are exposed to much high-quality language. The more words that children hear, the better. Specifically, children learn more words when their parents' speech is rich in different words and is grammatically sophisticated and when parents respond promptly and appropriately to their children's talk. -adapted from Kail and Cavanaugh, Human Development: A Life-Span View , p. 165
What key word signals to the reader that a supporting detail is going to follow?

• A)important
• B)sophisticated
• C)larger
• D)specifically

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Definitions:

Death

The cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism, marking the end of its life.

ERISA

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.

Employee Retirement Income Security Act

A federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.

Acronym

A word formed from the initial letters of other words.