Question

This excerpt is from the Arizona Form A-4: Employee's Arizona Withholding Percentage Election. What kind of context clue can you use to understand the word "compensation"? the antonym "working" the synonym "working" the explanation, "subject to Arizona income tax" the sense of the passage, "earned . . . while physically performing work"

Answer 1

The excerpt missing in the question is the following:

Compensation earned by nonresidents while physically performing work or services in Arizona for temporary periods is subject to Arizona income tax.

Answer:

The sense of the passage, "earned . . . while physically performing work"

Explanation:

The words "earned... while physically performing work" serves as context clues to the word compensation because they gives us the idea that the word refers to the payment, or amount of money received by the nonresidents of Arizona receive for working or performing certain tasks. The context clue technique is a great technique to figure out the meaning of a word without spending time looking it up in the dictionary.