A writer may explain certain words or phrases in a text using a definition or a synonym (a word or phrase with a similar meaning). These often follow words such as that is ... or in other words ... or are set apart with parentheses, dashes, or commas. Definitions may also be provided below the text, as footnotes.

Refer to the passage on pages 25-26 to answer the questions below by filling the blanks given above.

1. What does by itself mean in paragraph 1? Write another way to say it.
, without

2. What synonym is given for collaborate in the passage?


3. How could you define prototype? Scan the passage and note a definition.
A model that