Marvin, who lives in San Francisco, has been asked to host a teenage alien, Regor, as part of an intergalactic exchange program. Marvin is sure that Regor would love to experience the adventure of sailing, but decides he should introduce the concept of a “sailboat” first. Marvin tries to describe a sailboat as an average of all sailboats in terms of such features as length, width, height of
mast, materials, and color. This is called a(n) ____.
a. ?model
b. ?prototype
c. ?exemplar
d. ?paradigm
ANSWER:
b
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