A Summary of Lesson 3 Actions In his previous two lessons, Joseph Williams stressed the importance of writing with clarity, correctness, and style. In Actions, he makes two important points: make the main characters the subject of a sentence and make the main action the verbs of a sentence (Williams, 44). Writers create clearer and more understandable prose for their readers when they revise a "revision" and turn a nominalization back into a verb. He identifies common problems, offers helpful tips, and includes nine do-it-yourself exercises that illustrate his concepts (33-44).…
What We Learned from the Rockets in Round 1 The Houston Rockets put an end to Russell Westbrook’s historic season Tuesday night with a 105-99 victory. They will now face the winner of the San Antonio Spurs/ Memphis Grizzlies series. I had predicted before the series started that the Rockets would win in six games, but I was blown away by the performance of the Houston bench. Despite video game numbers from Westbrook, the Rockets showed how much team chemistry they have going forward and will look to show it in the second round.…
All the reading from chapter one is very interesting. As mentioned in the book “Rhetoric means the ways writers make their ideas understanding and seek to influence their readers” It means once you get the Rhetoric sensitivity inside, you should be able to know main purpose your audience and context. I will go ahead and choose Tara L. Kuther, “Understanding Bullying ” for rhetorical situation. I came in this conclusion because I believe that bullying is happened any where wit the common people who goes to the school/college and live in the community.…
Through character development, both authors show how…
Presenting Problem: Pt is a13 y/o white male presented to NNBHC accompanied with his mother due to expressing SI to his school counselor today. Pt has hx dx of Anxiety D/O and Depressive D/O. Pt states he is currently SI with a plan to jump of his bedroom window head first. “ I wrote a letter to my best friend yesterday I want to die”, “Im fat and ugly”. Pt states of self harming behaviors such as punching his leg. Pt states that he has been a victim of bullying since the 7th grade by the same individual.…
Bully or Bystander All around the world millions and millions of kids are either a bully or have been bullied. Students become bullies because “something is going on at home or they do it to be part of a group to connect with kids they have something in common with”. As stated in page 2 paragraph 7. How or why students are bullied is because of their glasses or their clothes.…
The Bully Breed Myth There are many breed of dogs throughout the world. The bully breed of dogs such as, the American Pit bull Terrier, Staffordshire terrier, and Staffordshire bull terrier are all descendants of the ancient molosser dog from the British Isles. These medium size dogs were bred for hunting, protection, fighting, and bull baiting activities. These dogs served in the military, were presidential pits, and nanny dogs for parents.…
dominating style earned him the nickname The Hammer. He really hammered his opponents when necessary as well as when it was not so needed. During the 1974-75 season, David established an all-time record for the most penalty minutes (472 minutes). Andre Dupont was second in terms of having most penalty minutes in that season. During the 1974-75 season, the dominant stars of this team were involved in as much as 77 fights with different opponents.…
The act of bullying or harassing another is interpreted as the habitual nature of a person with unkind intentions leading to impulsive cruelty to those “who are weaker” (merriam-webster definition of bullying). Inside the melting pot that is American culture we see a thick mixture of identities including race, minorities, genders, religions, health, wealth, poverty, and even education. All of these factors essentially influence each of us into the becoming of who we are in our individual futures, and, continuously change our thought processes which contain the ideas we have today. In this enlightened era of, for example, lenient gender roles, the culture has vastly shifted. If we think back to when races and genders were predominantly separate…
The documentary, Bully, follows five children, from elementary school to high school, and offers an intimate viewpoint on the topic of bullying, and how it affects young children and their families. My overall reaction to this documentary was an initial feeling of sadness. Sadness for the children who have been affected by bullying in the documentary, and sadness for all of those who have been affected by bullying in their lives. This feeling soon turned into a concoction of disappointment, anger, and overall confusion. Disappointment and anger in the fact that children in today’s society feel the need to verbally and physically attack others, and disappointment in the way that bullying is handled by teachers, parents, and administration.…
Strong, intricate characters are the very basis of every successful story or novel. It’s no wonder that the authors of these stories create powerful characters that evolve as the reader progresses through the story. For these reasons, characterization plays a tremendous role in not only the development of the story, but also the continued interest of the reader. As the readers, in order to achieve the full effect of characterization, we must pay close attention to the detail the author reveals about his or her characters in the way he or she presents them. We often miss the hidden meanings that these characters possess, which is why it’s crucial to dive deep into the character’s personalities and behaviors.…
Have you ever experienced a hardship in your life because of the actions of another? In the story "The Bully" by Roger Dean Kiser, a man by the name of Roger encounters his old middle school bully in a wheelchair. While he talks to his old middle school bully, he learns that Tony is aware of his actions he's committed in the past. Tony was Roger's seventh-grade bully, but now he depends on the people around him and regrets the past. In this you can see the interaction between Roger and Tony, his characteristics show that he is despondent, dependent and regretful.…
To better understand why bullying is still an issue, there are numerous components that are linked to bullying that need to be identified and explained. Two cultural beliefs and biases that may influence bullies are ethnicity and religion. Often times, society confuses ethnicity and race. One can have only belong to one race but can belong to multiple ethnic groups.…
America, the land of the free, my home. A nation built on freedom, to express yourself, how is it that we have bullying. We have people who try to break your freedom. They pick on you, call you names, and even beat you because you're different. You wear different clothing, you look different, or talk differently.…
2.3 FORMS OF BULLYING There are different types of bullying and different behaviours that are considered as bullying. Olweus (1993) split bullying into two types, direct and indirect. Direct bullying involves verbal and physical attacks. Purposeful and unnecessary physical attacks are generally recognized as bullying.…