Arriving at the Appropriate Meanings

ACTIVITY: Decide the meaning of value and device that is most appropriate to each of the sentences that follow.

1.) What’s the value of x in the equation?
2.) Their shield bears the device of a menacing tiger.
3.) Strengthening our positive Filipino values may be one of our instruments towards a strong and progressive nation.
4.) An explosive device exploded recently near a mall in Makati.
5.) Can you distinguish the value of re in the piece?
6.) His brother has a hobby of collecting works of strange device.
7.) What’s the total value of their properties?
8.) A T-square is a measuring device commonly used by engineers and architects.
9.) Can you add value to blue?
10.) Many good writers use rhetorical devices in their work.

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