Which term is defined as the largest unit of language?

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Which term is defined as the largest unit of language?

The concept here is how language is organized into units from small to large. Letters are the smallest building blocks, representing sounds; they come together to form words, and words and sentences then create a larger piece of language—text. Text is the largest unit because it encompasses a cohesive stretch of language that conveys meaning across multiple sentences. Among the options, the one that aligns with this idea is the term that centers on text. Text Selection explicitly references text, connecting to working with the largest unit of language. The other choices describe instructional approaches or a single grapheme (letters) rather than the size of the language unit itself.

The concept here is how language is organized into units from small to large. Letters are the smallest building blocks, representing sounds; they come together to form words, and words and sentences then create a larger piece of language—text. Text is the largest unit because it encompasses a cohesive stretch of language that conveys meaning across multiple sentences.

Among the options, the one that aligns with this idea is the term that centers on text. Text Selection explicitly references text, connecting to working with the largest unit of language. The other choices describe instructional approaches or a single grapheme (letters) rather than the size of the language unit itself.

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