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AbouttheSupport

4. Whichsentencewouldbestserveasa topicsentenceforparagraph2?
   a. Thefirststepis tocleantheexteriorofyourcomputer.
   b. Thefirststepis tocleanupwhatyoucaneasilysee.


5. Paragraphs3,4,and5 alldiscussthesamegeneraltopic,butonlyone
   paragraphhasa topicsentence.

a.Whichparagraphhasa topicsentence?__

Writethetopicsentencehere:

b. Considercombiningtheothertwoparagraphs.Whichofthefollowing

sentencesbestservesasa topicsentenceforthecombinedparagraph?

(1)Next,deleteyouroldfilessafelybyusinga built-inprogram.

(2)Thenextstep,gettinglidofoldfilesandprograms,ismoredifficult.

(3)Next,emptyyourrecyclebin.

AboutCoherence

6.Lookforchronologicalordersignalwordsandphrases.

a. Whichparagraphsbeginwithcln"onologicalordersignals?and

Writethesignalshere:

b. Whatotherchronologicalordersignalscanyoufindinparagraphs 5

and6?Listthemhere:

1.Explainanotherprocedureorprocessthatinvolvesrecenttechnology.For

example,explainhowtoe-mailphotosthatyouhavetalcenwitha digital

camera,orhowtoprograma TiVo.

2.Wouldyouliketoliveina "smart"houseofthefuture?Describewhat

a typicaldayinsucha housemightbelike.

3.Doestechnologysimplifyorcomplicateourlives?Studieshaveshownthat

despitehavingvacuumcleaners,washingmachines,microwaveovens,and

dishwashers,womenspendasmuchtimeonhouseholdtasksastheir

grandmothersdidwithoutthesetime-savingmachines.

ThenextreadingisfromSenatorDanielInouye'sautobiography,Journeyto

Washington.SenatorInouyeisa UnitedStatesSenatorfromtheStateofHawaii.He

isofJapaneseancestryandservedintheU.S.Army's442ndRegimentalCombat

TeamduringWorldWaxII.Thisgroupofsoldierswascomposedofnisei(second-

generationJapaneseAmericans)fromHawaiiandwerefamousfortheirextreme

courage.SenatorInouyelostanarminbattleandreturnedtoHawaiia hero.

Inthispassage,InouyedescribeswhathedidafterhereturnedhometoHawaii

andhowhebecameengagedtohiswife.