Which strategy helps students expand vocabulary along with drawing upon prior knowledge?

• A. Anticipation Guide
• B. Semantic Map
• C. Character Map
• D. Mind Map

Answer: (B)

Expanding vocabulary while drawing on prior knowledge means connecting new words to concepts, experiences, and other words you already know. A semantic map organizes this by placing a central word and linking it to definitions, synonyms, antonyms, examples, and related ideas. That visual web helps you see relationships between terms and anchor new meanings to existing knowledge, which makes both understanding and recall stronger. When you add a new word, you can attach its nuances, related terms, and sentences that show how it's used, building a richer network in memory. Other strategies serve different aims: an anticipation guide gets you ready for content before you read, a character map tracks a character's traits and relationships, and a mind map is a flexible organizer but doesn't emphasize the word-to-meaning connections as directly as a semantic map.