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

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A prototype is an average or typical example of a category, used to represent the most common features of that category.

Marvin,who Lives in San Francisco,has Been Asked to Host a Teenage