Question

vase paintings show boys sitting on stools holding wood - backed wax writing tablets. they wrote on the wax with a stylus, a sort of bone or metal pencil pointed at one end and flattened out in a leaf shape at the other. - the ancient city, peter connolly and hazel dodge. read the passage, then use the drop - down menus to complete the sentences. a stylus is a. a(n) clue shows the meaning of the word stylus.

Explanation:

The passage describes a stylus as a sort of bone or metal pencil pointed at one end and flattened out in a leaf - shape at the other. This is a description clue for the meaning of the word "stylus".

Answer:

A stylus is a bone or metal pencil.
A(n) description clue shows the meaning of the word stylus.