Why These Words? The concept vocabulary words from the
text are related. With your group,
determine what the words have in
common. Write your ideas, and add
another word that fits the category.
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A concept sort is a vocabulary and comprehension strategy used to familiarize students with the vocabulary of a new topic or book. When used before reading, concept sorts provide an opportunity for a teacher to see what his or her students already know about the given content.

Explanation:

photography had emerged as an elite art pursued by a few creative individuals for a few wealthy patrons. but now, said bauldelaire, it was succumbing to "the great industrial madness of our times." it was becoming a mass production industry that catered to middle-class tastes, including a taste for gadgetry. the stereoscope, the first 3d imaging system, had turned looking at photographs into parlor entertainment. a "thousand hungry eyes were bending over the peepholes of the stereoscope as though they were the attic-windows of the infinite.