The background is stage colorful and catchy and is it pleasing Activity 4C. Directions: Pick out the main signal words in the selections that follow. The number in parentheses tells you how many signal words to look for in each case. Also write in the margin beside each signal whether it shows emphasis, addition, comparison, contrast, illustration, or cause-and-effect. Write your answers on your answer sheets.
1. Many of the restless and dissatisfied sons and daughters of these middle, upper-middle, and upper-class homes had never known poverty. Consequently, they could not understand their parents' emphasis on money, status, and work. Parents, on the other hand, could not understand how some of their children could be indifferent, even hostile, to such practical things as formal education and preparation for work. (2 signal words)
