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Chapter 6: Combining and Expanding Your Ideas

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Section 2. Semi-colons and Colons

Additional Practice 1. Semicolons and transitional terms (IA)

Additional Practice 1. Semicolons and transitional terms (IA)

Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence using a semicolon and one of the two expressions in parentheses. Change capital letters to lowercase and add commas as necessary.

This activity contains 10 questions.

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. Young children often experience fears. They may feel afraid of the dark when they go to bed at night. (FOR EXAMPLE or IN ADDITION)

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. Such fears often persist into middle childhood. Children's anxieties are directed toward new concerns at that time. (ON THE CONTRARY or MOREOVER)

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. As children begin to understand the realities of the wider world, the possibility of personal harm may trouble them. Common worries include academic failure and peer rejection. (IN ADDITION or THEREFORE)

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. Most children handle their fears constructively by talking about them with parents and friends. Fears usually decline with age. (FOR EXAMPLE or CONSEQUENTLY)

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. From 10 to 20 percent of school-age children develop an intense anxiety of some kind. In school phobia, children feel intense apprehension about attending school. (FOR INSTANCE or NEVERTHELESS)

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. About one-third of children who exhibit school phobia are five-to-seven-year-olds, most of whom actually fear separation from their mothers. The difficulty can frequently be traced to parental overprotection. (HOWEVER or IN FACT)

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. Family therapy often helps young children. Most cases of school phobia appear later, around ages eleven to thirteen. (MEANWHILE or HOWEVER)

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. These children usually find a particular aspect of school frightening, such as a school bully or an overcritical teacher. Treatment may require a change in school environment. (THUS or LIKEWISE)

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. With severe cases of school phobia, changing schools may seem to be the best option. Firm insistence that the child return to school and learn coping strategies may be more helpful. (FURTHERMORE or ON THE OTHER HAND)

	This question provides a text area where you can enter a response. Some text has been provided in the text area.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end. In inner-city ghettos and war-torn areas of the world, many children live in the midst of chaos and violence. Severe childhood anxieties may arise from these harsh living conditions. (AS A RESULT or FOR EXAMPLE)

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