Choose a reference type

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Excerpt A: Our classroom style guide requires paper, pens, and tape rather than paper, pens and tape; both list styles can be grammatical. Excerpt B: A well-known method; analyze the modifier before method. Excerpt C: If the room opens, Jo will enter. Excerpt D: Question: what does crease mean in ordinary current use?
• Primary check: Excerpt A: The students reads the card mismatches the plural subject and singular verb form in this standard written construction. Excerpt B: The method is well known; analyze the predicate phrase after is. Excerpt C: Although the room opens, Jo may wait. Excerpt D: Question: under this report’s style, is the contested expression appropriate in formal prose?

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Definitions, contested usage, specialized terms and pronunciation require different reference information. A thesaurus of synonyms alone may not solve a precise meaning or convention question.

Identify the stated need and choose the reference kind that supplies it. Keep uncertainty visible when references disagree.

Original worked input: Original excerpt D: Question: what does crease mean in ordinary current use? The task is to choose a reference type. The answer is “dictionary definition”. Evidence: Question: what does crease mean in ordinary current use? Reasoning: dictionary definition is supported because a dictionary gives the ordinary contextual meaning. A synonym list does not settle every grammar question.

1. Read the supplied worked case and identify the part named in this lesson. An adult can model unfamiliar words.
2. Identify the stated need and choose the reference kind that supplies it. Keep uncertainty visible when references disagree.
3. Check the worked solution: dictionary definition. Evidence: Question: what does crease mean in ordinary current use? Reasoning: dictionary definition is supported because a dictionary gives the ordinary contextual meaning. A synonym list does not settle every grammar question.
4. Use the new primary and practice cases. Give a reason from the actual words before checking the feedback.

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Changed-input task: Original excerpt D: Question: what does shear force mean in this specialized mechanics glossary? Give an evidence-based answer before looking at the model. Expected reasoning: Evidence: Question: what does shear force mean in this specialized mechanics glossary? Reasoning: specialized glossary is supported because a field-specific glossary defines the specialist term. A synonym list does not settle every grammar question. Then write a brief alternative sentence, paragraph, source note or scene that demonstrates the same operation; label new fictional details and preserve source limits.

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