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1. Road rage is violent or aggressive behavior exhibited by a driver. For example, the driver who has been cut off by another driver tries to stop traffic, gets out of his car, and threatens violence is experiencing road rage.
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2. Road rage is often caused by built-up frustration and anger that have nothing to do with the driving incident.
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3. Instead of acting out their angry and violent feelings, frustrated drivers should try deep-breathing exercises and focus on the positive use of energy.
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4. Finding healthy ways to deal with driving stress may lead to improved mental and physical health.
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Procrastination
1Procrastination, the act of putting things off to the last minute, results in increased stress and lowered performance. 2 , Shayla put off starting her research paper until two days before it was due. 3Within 48 hours, she had to find a topic, track down sources for the topic, read and take notes, write, revise, and proofread. 4Her stress level went up as she discovered that she had to look up the rules for documenting her sources. 5Because she had so many tasks to complete, she did not produce a quality paper.
5. Fill in the blank in sentence 2 with a transition word or phrase that makes sense.
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6. The relationship between sentence 4 and sentence 5 is one of
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7. The primary pattern of organization for the paragraph is
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9. The relationship between sentence 3 and sentence 4 is one of
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10. The primary pattern of organization for the paragraph is
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