demonstrate

My friend Evan is a great dancer and really knows how to demonstrate or show his dance moves. Evans a great teacher because when he demonstrates or presents his dance routines for others to learn, he does the steps slowly for each movement. Yesterday I asked him to demonstrate a dance where you spin in a circle on your back. I couldn’t get the move at first, but Evan is also very encouraging—he said it took him a long time to learn, and I should demonstrate or show patience with myself!

Quiz: Try again! If you are demonstrating something, what are you doing?

• You are letting people see how you do it.
• You are hiding it so as not to let people see it.
• You are making sure that it is ready to be viewed.

• “Here, like a box,” she said. She stopped and made him put his hands out, palm down, and she moved them to demonstrate what his feet should do. — The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
• Mercy demonstrated on two pieces of thin board to which were fastened strips of leather set with hooked wire teeth. — The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
• The parade seeks to demonstrate the ability of art and artistic expression to unite disparate people, communities and neighborhoods. — The Roanoke Rambler