2. Answers
(topic: red; controlling idea: blue)
1. Due to the expense and the stress of travel, a honeymoon
is perhaps the worst way to begin a marriage.
2. My older sister helped me overcome my shyness by giving
me good advice and opportunities to practice speaking in
public.
3. TV evangelists use sales techniques, such as compelling
verbal arguments and convincing visual messages, to
promote their messages.
4. My husband and I have several effective ways of
disciplining our children, such as grounding them and
limiting their time on the computer.
5. Athletes' high salaries are bad for sports games, for sports
fans, and for the values that children are developing.
