Read the excerpt from "thomas edison: the master of improvement.”

its glow was produced by electricity passing through a filament, or tiny piece of material. the inside of the glass bulb was a vacuum.

based on context clues, what is the meaning of the word filament?

a place where electricity is made
a very small piece of material
the inside of a lightbulb
the vacuum inside a bulb

What is the most likely the cumulative impact of the use of the word depict or depictions

Which line from the story of my life by helen keller is an example of a simile? during the whole trip i did not have one fit of temper, there were so many things to keep my mind and fingers busy. i was like that ship before my education began, only i was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. one day, while i was playing with my new doll, miss sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both. child as i was, i at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared dr. bell to so many hearts, as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration.

Choose a different word from those you selected to study in this unit and explain where you have heard it used previously write this sentence you heard with the vocabulary word in it and include who use the word and when we do used to use proper grammar and spelling