Directions: Identify the pattern of development used in the paragraph , signal words , and the main idea of the

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1. When I got home from school after a long boring day, I took out the peanut butter, jelly, and bread.
After taking the lid off of the jars, I spread the peanut butter on one side of the bread and the jelly on the
other, and then I put the two pieces of bread together. After that, I enjoyed it while watching “Cops” on
the TV. I swear, that was the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich I ever ate.

2. Before applying the screen protector, clean the surface of your phone’s screen with a soft cloth. Once
the surface of your screen is clean, remove the paper backing on the screen protector. Evenly apply the
sticky side of the screen protector to your phone’s screen. Smooth out any air bubble trapped on
between the protector and the phone screen. Enjoy the added protection.

3. Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin,
but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also
contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious.

4. Many people think that they can get sick by going into cold weather improperly dressed; however,
illnesses are not caused by temperature- they are caused by germs. So while shivering outside in the cold
probably won’t strengthen your immune system, you’re more likely to contract an illness indoors
because you will have a greater exposure to germs.

5. Students are not allowed to chew gum in my class. While some students think that I am just being mean,
there are many good reasons for this rule. First, some irresponsible students make messes with their
gum. They may leave it on the bottoms of desks, drop it on the floor, or put it on other people’s
property. Another reason why I don’t allow students to chew gum is because it is a distraction. When
they are allowed to chew gum, students are more worried about having it, popping it, chewing it, and
snapping it then they are in listening, writing, reading, and learning. This is why I don’t allow students
to chew gum in my class.

6. Volcanoes are a feared and destructive force for good reason. A volcano is like a pressure valve for the
inner earth, but they can also be very beautiful. One part of the volcano that people rarely see is the
magma chamber. The magma chamber is way beneath the Earth’s bed rock. It is tremendously hot.
Running from the magma chamber to the crater of the volcano is the conduit. The conduit connects the
magma chamber to the outer world. At the top of the volcano is the the crater. This is where the magma
exits. Volcanoes are a beautiful yet dangerous natural phenomenon.

7. It seems like there has been a surge in teen pregnancies these days. Teen pregnancies make it very
difficult for young mothers to pursue their dreams and meet the demands of an infant. Fortunately, most
teen pregnancies can be easily prevented by using birth control; however, even birth control is not 100%
effective. The most effective way to prevent teen pregnancies is abstinence, which is 100% effective.

8. Around 2 a.m. something woke Charles Hanson up. He lay in the dark listening. Something felt wrong.
Outside, crickets sang, tree-frogs chirruped. Across the distant forest floated two muffled hoots from a
barred owl. It was too quiet. At home in New Jersey, the nights are filled with the busy, comforting
sounds of traffic. You always have the comforting knowledge that other people are all around you. And
light: At home he can read in bed by the glow of the streetlight. It was too quiet. And much too dark.
Even starlight failed to penetrate the 80-foot canopy of trees the camper was parked beneath. It was the
darkest dark he had ever seen. He felt for the flashlight beside his bunk. It was gone. He found where his
pants were hanging and, as he felt the pockets for a box of matches, something rustled in the leaves right
outside the window, inches from his face. He heard his wife, Wanda, hold her breath; she was awake,
too. Then, whatever, was outside in the darkness also breathed, and the huge silence of the night seemed
to come inside the camper, stifling them. It was then he decided to pack up and move to a motel.

9. "Park" is difficult to define in Florida, because there are so many kinds of parks. Basically, a park is a
place to go for outdoor recreation-to swim, picnic, hike, camp, walk the dog, play tennis, paddle your
canoe, and, in some places take rides in miniature trains or swish down a waterslide. Florida has a rich
variety of parks, ranging from acres of RVs ringed around recreation halls, to impenetrable mangrove
wilderness. To make things more complicated, not all of them are called "parks," and even the ones
called "parks" come in several varieties.
10. O'Leno is a good example of a state park in Florida. Surrounded by the tall, shaded woods of a beautiful
hardwood forest, the Santa Fe River disappears in a large, slowly swirling, tree-lined pool. After
appearing intermittently in scattered sinkholes, the river rises three miles downstream in a big boil, then
continues on to meet the Suwannee and the sea. Nearby, stands of cypress mirror themselves in the still
waters, walls of dense river swamp rise before you, sudden sinkholes open in the woodlands-rich with
cool ferns and mosses. Farther from the river, expanses of longleaf pinelands stretch across rolling hills.
In the midst of this lovely setting, you find 65 campsites, 18 rustic cabins, and a pavilion for group
meetings. A diving platform marks a good place to swim in the soft, cool waters of the Santa Fe, and
canoeing up this dark river is like traveling backwards in time in the direction of original Florida.

11. Before you go camping in Florida, plan ahead. Don't wind up in the wilds when you want to be near
Disney World, and don't wind up on a concrete RV pad when you really want the forest primeval. Find
out what parks are available, and what they are like. Get good information on what to expect, and what
your options are. This can make all the difference in the quality of your vacation.

12. "Local TV interviewers come in two varieties. One is a bulimic blond person with a deviated septum
and a severe cognitive disorder who went into broadcasting because he or she was too emotionally
disturbed for telephone sales work. The other variety is suave, sagacious, grossly overqualified for the
job, and too depressed to talk to you. Good local TV people are always depressed because their field is
so crowded."—From "Book Tour" by P.J. O'Rourke

13. As a teenager in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I was always pretty tolerant about radical clothing
styles, but more and more today I find myself asking, “Why do these kids want to look so weird?” For
example, I do not understand why a boy would wear a baseball cap backwards on his head. To me, this
just looks goofy, like something a person would do and then talk in a really stupid voice to make his
friends laugh. Under the backward cap, the boy probably has his hair in a buzz cut, except for one long
strand of hair reaching halfway down his back. I can’t imagine who thought up this hairstyle, unless it
was an ex-monk. Furthermore, every boy I see today seems to be wearing a T-shirt that looks ten sizes
too big for him and comes down below his knees, or, if not that, he’s got all his clothes on inside out or
backwards or both! Then, there are the girls. Since when did it become stylish to wear your underwear
on top of your regular clothes? Who decided that it was attractive to combine a white T-shirt and a long,
sheer, flowing jumper with a pair of huge black jackboots? I’m so confused. It all just makes me
nostalgic for the days of frayed bell-bottoms, tie-dyed tank tops, strands of hippie beads, and headbands
circling heads of long, stringy hair.