Three of the following aspects of language development appear during the elementary school years or even earlier. Which one are we not likely to see until youngsters are in junior high or high school?
A) Following accepted social conventions for beginning and ending conversations
B) Adapting a spoken message to the age of the listener
C) Using context clues to interpret a speaker's message
D) Understanding proverbs

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Understanding proverbs typically develops later in a child's language acquisition, often not until the junior high or high school years. This is because it requires a more advanced level of abstract thinking and understanding of language nuances that younger children are still developing.

Three of the Following Aspects of Language Development Appear During