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Which One of the Following Best Illustrates the Word Length

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Which one of the following best illustrates the word length effect?


A) Linda finds that her attention is drawn more readily to long words (e.g., watermelon) than to short ones (e.g., pear) .
B) Macy has a difficult time remembering how to spell hippopotamus and armadillo, even though she can spell other animal names (e.g., dog, bear) quite easily.
C) When words are four or more syllables long, the tendency to mix up the order of consonants (e.g., mispronouncing interpretation as "interpetration") increases considerably.
D) Rick has trouble remembering his shopping list-detergent, antifreeze, cinnamon, watermelon, margarine-even though he could easily remember a 6-item list (nuts, milk, pears, salt, ham, stamps) last week.

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