Using the topics in exercise 3 on page 12 in your text, write two different introductory paragraphs, each one featuring a different method (Definition, Quotation, Personal Narrative, Question, Staccato, Hypothetical Scenario, Historical Background).
Remember, your introductory paragraphs should also contain a thesis statement.
When you are finished with your introductions, select two different types of conclusions and draft paragraphs for them as well. Publish your work online when you are done.
Paragraphs should be 4-6 sentence long. Feel free to use the internet for research. For additional examples, please see chapter 1 in your textbook.
Here is the subject list you are working from:
Here is the subject list you are working from:
- Families come in different shapes and sizes.
- Career choices are greatly influenced by a person's background
- Friendship is just one word, but friends are of different kinds.
- The spirit of sports has been corrupted by money.
- Sexual harassment at work often goes unreported for practical reasons.
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ReplyDeleteIntroductive paragraph #1: Method=Question by Favio Miranda.
ReplyDeleteWe all know that not every family is the same and that they are different from each other in many ways. There are families who are very united and like spend time together whenever possible. They gather together for family meetings, birthdays, a special event like a kid’s graduation, to celebrate an important event, etc. In the other hand there are also families whom rather been away from each other whenever possible, they even feel better without their relatives been so close to them all the time. They just see each other in Holidays like Christmas or New Years and even when they see each other once in a blue moon they don’t feel comfortable enough and want to leave right away. I love spending time with my family but why do you think they get to that point where they don’t want to be and share time with each other? Do you think it’s only because we are living in a new era?
Conclusion paragraph #1
In my opinion now a day we as a member of a family have the responsibility to get involved in a way or another to enroll the whole family in an event or an activity that will involucrate the entire family. Like having a barbecue in your back yard or having a field trip with all the kids. When you do so you’re not only caring about your family you’re also creating memories for you and your new family members in the future. If every grow up in a family could act like one and star caring and getting involved in family activities I think this world would be different.
Introductive paragraph #2 method=Quotation by Favio Miranda
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion there are many different kinds of friends. You have those whom you only see when you come to school which you call classmates they are also your friends outside the school and can become your best friend in the future. Then you have your friends who live near you, those you call neighbors. There are friends whom only go to you when they need something from you like a special favor or they want to lend money from you etc. Some of them only call you when they want you to hang out with them when they need you to give them a ride or want you to go clubbing with them. Those kinds of people I don’t even call friends” I call them people whom I know in other words they are not estrangers but I don’t considered them friends.” A true relationship between 2 or more friends should be forever in the good and bad situations, when they are with other people they should respect you the same way they respect you when they are alone with you in other words not talk bad behind your back.
Conclusion paragraph #2
There are many people in this world that you can call a friend but there are not so many friends that can be trusted like your brother. They said your best friend is like your second brother or like the one you never had. That’s why is very important for us to maintain and know how to pick the friends that are convenient for you. Like I said before there are colleagues that ” I call them people whom I know in other words they are not estrangers but I don’t considered them friends.”
Quote introduction:
ReplyDelete“If it ever did, [the American family] no longer does consist of two parents, two children, a dog, a house with a white picket fence, and a station wagon in the driveway. Instead, we have families that include test tube babies and surrogate moms. Instead of Sunday-night family dinners, we now have cross-country telephone conference calls. Instead of aunts and uncles and grandmas and grandpas, we have nannies and day-care centers” Said First Lady Hillary Clinton, on May 8, 1994. Nowadays, family does not look like what it used to be a decade ago
Definition introduction:
ReplyDeleteEverybody’s family is different: there are families who have a mom, dad and one child or two. Some have their extended families living with them like their grandparents or aunts and uncles. Back in the days, a family was the traditional family: mom, dad, the kids and sometimes, pets. Today, we are witnessing diverse families: single-parent, blended family, lesbians and gays family and those shaped by adoptions and fostering.
Conclusion: summary
ReplyDeleteAs we all noticed, now family comes only in different shapes and sizes but also ages, genders, nationalities etc……
There is a big transformation of the traditional that we were used to before.
4. Introduction: What is sports? Is it a hobby to have fun and help you be in shape? Or is it just something you force yourself to be in for “reasons”? Through out the years people have changed with the real meaning of sports. From the 1970’s when people like Michael Jordan really loved the sport and wanted to prove what they can do, to the present where there are some athletes that say “I am really doing it to earn money just like everyone else in this planet”. Throughout the years our society has been getting corrupted little by little all around. And it is sad to say that even in the slightest category, it has been changed over greed.
ReplyDeleteConclusion: Sports should be a desire that you want to do. Not for what you’re getting in return, but for the love and happiness that you feel within. As for me , I encourage those who love the sport and are giving the greatest effort to reach their goal. For those who are lucky enough who get the chance to pursuit that dream, but just for the “dough”, There are many other things that you can do but that you also love. Money is very important in life but it doesn’t mean to give up in what you love over greed.
-Introduction #1: We live in a world in which is full of families. Heck, if it wasn't for our families we wouldn't be existing. We are brought into this world by a mother and a father and those two people are the most important in a family. Families do come in different shapes and sizes because families can consist of just two people. In addition, by them coming in different shapes might just be explaining that they all come with different personalities.
ReplyDelete-Conclusion: A family is basically all you have in life. There are many people in this world, but there isn't anybody who will care about you as much as a family member. I belong to a great and wonderful family in which care about one another, so I'm actually pretty grateful for that reason. A family's biggest objective, in my opinion, is to gather together very often and have quality family time!
-Introduction #4: Sports are a great way a person can release their stress, have fun, and spend time with friends, acquaintances, etc. Now in the 21st century, sports is what we call the road to riches! The future has definitely corrupted our sports because it isn't about passion and inspiration anymore. On the contrary, sports is about the big checks and being able to pay a person a fortune. Salaries have also increased during period of time when it comes to just a simple job, so speaking about the NBA, NFL, NHL, salaries have tripled.
ReplyDelete-Conclusion: Sports is a great way to earn money, but only if a person is talented enough. I myself enjoy sports very much and it has became a topic regarding money. In 20 years we will all see how sports are going to end up because money has corrupted the business.
Introduction #4: Have you ever had the chance to really think about whose your bestfriends and whose just your "friends"?
ReplyDelete-In my point of view, the way i see it is a "friend" is just a person that you may know and probably have known for quite awhile but may not trust this person with a few things. There's really no trust between you a friend. You may never know when this friend might turn their back on you and stab you right in the back. You have to becareful with who you become friends or bestfriends with. A friend could be a different person every different day.
Conclusion:Personal Opinion
- In my opinion, you need a bestfriend and it doesn't have to be someone from school or from anywhere else. A bestfriend could be a family member and i think that's the best kind of bestfriend to have is someone within your family. Having a bestfriend is part of life, no matter what your going to have a bestfriend in your life. Your going to need someone you can discuss your issues and problems with. If you have noone to discuss these things with who are you going to have?. A friend? I doubt that, i think a friend could careless about your problems because they have problems of their own.
Hypothetical Introduction: Imagine a life with no friends or any bestfriends, noone to tell your problems to, noone to converse with. A life no lonley, noone to talk to or live life with. Life would be so quite and alone, it would look like a free for all everyday. Everyone's for themselves, noone else to worry about but yourself.
ReplyDeleteConclusion: Summary
-A friend is a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. Now Best Friends are very special people in your life. They are the first people you think about when you make plans. They are the first people you go to when you need someone to talk to. You will call them up just to talk about nothing, or the most important things in your life. When you’re sad they will try their hardest to cheer you up. They're the ones who give the best hugs in the world. They are the shoulder to cry on because you know that they truly care about you. Really a best friend is someone who would take a bullet for you because it'll be too painful to watch you get hurt.
2. Introduction: Having a career that you have worked hard throughout college is a big accomplishment. It is very hard now days to get the dream job with the big bucks that you want. But people now just care about the jobs for the money and not for the passion or the influence. As for me, waking up every morning, knowing that I’m going to school to achieve my dream, is not a sacrifice. I know what I want to be and it was because of experience and influence. Unfortunately, others don’t see that road.
ReplyDeleteConclusion: By personal experience, it is great to wake up with happiness to achieve your career dream. Or going to that job, with that passion, knowing that you love what you’re doing. It is hard to get a career that you love. But is money worth that much, that you’d rather be miserable? This world does revolve around money, but when we are gone from this world is that money going with us? So why not enjoy what you are doing while alive.
#3 Introduction: We all need a best friend to talk to or to hang out with so we wont feel lonely at time. A best friend is always there,whether you need advice,or a pep talk,or even a shoulder to cry on. Also a best friend listens with there heart and is always honest with you,even though the truth may not be what you want to hear,knows all your secrets,understands your fears shares your dreams.A best friend never stops believing in you even if you give up on yourself.
ReplyDeleteConclusion: Thats what i call a best a friend all of the above^^. A best friend should be like a right hand to you. Unfortunally theres very few friends like that. Thats why we have to know how to choose them wisely.
#1 Introduction: Our family is the proverbial egg that we were hatched from. Everything about who we are, both our nature and nurture comes from our family. Often in western society, we stray far from our family and may not talk to them for years at a time. We may feel that we have nothing in common with them. We may choose to run away from our roots because they are too painful to face. Ultimately however, our past holds the key to our future. If we do not face where we come from, we will have difficulty understanding our present and future.
ReplyDeleteConclusion: As you can see now a days families arent usually very together anymore. Theres lots of divorces,etc. It shouldnt be that way because the kids are the one that suffer the consequences. And they grow up some type of hate towards one of the parents.
Personal narrative introduction #1:
ReplyDeleteI have notice many families that come in different shapes and sizes, but it wouldn't stop them from being ordinary. Families that come with a different features and are overcrowded doesn't make them any different. I realized there are parents who are willing to manage with 11 kids. Even though they come in different appearance they still act like any normal family. Such as, Spending time together, Eating dinner together, Caring and Sharing with one another. I recongnized that it doesn't matter how different a family would look, but what matters is how a family appreciate one another.
Conclusion:
ReplyDeleteI believe there are many families that wouldn't change their perspective based on sizes and shapes. Even though I have seen families that are unique. I wouldn't assume them to be any contrast from a small average family. I feel they would care and make sacrifices for their love ones no matter the cause. In the end, Family is what binds us together.
Hypothetical introduction #2:
ReplyDeleteImagine what it would be like for families that come in different shapes and sizes, but never had the urged to bond together. Never had the curiosity to spend time together,or to sit down and express their own point of views about life. If families were to act like this, then what is the true meaning of a "Family"? How "different" can a family be? It would be interesting to notice a family that is different, but never experienced a special bond as a family.
Conclusion:
ReplyDeleteThink about families that come in different sizes and shapes, you would expect them to act like a family that would care for there love ones right? Well I know I would because I managed to live with an overcrowded family. We still love each other. We still appreciate one another and were still a family that cares. I realize how important it is to be in a family that can be different. I believe that any family that is different would still be a normal average family.
I wrote two introductions because I wasn't sure which one was better. (only for topic one)
ReplyDeleteIntroduction #1
Every time someone says, "Hey Steph, I spoke to you friend today!" I feel very weird, because i do not believe in the word "friends". Friendship is just one word, but friends are of different kinds. For me the word friends gets replaced by, known people, classmates, or their own name.
-Introduction #2
"Do you belive in the word friends?" I certainly do not, it is a word that only few in this world could be able to use. Friendship is just one word, but friends are of different kinds. Sometimes people make a mistake in placing then in that category.
-Conclusion
At the begining many of us believe in friends. Even those that they meet recently are called friends. But after they expierence many things, they realize they are not. Friendship is just a word remember. In which friends are in different kinds. Never categorize some one with out getting to know them deep inside.
Topic #2
ReplyDelete-Introduction
I have noticed that now a days students careers are not choosen on their own. For example; if your family is involved in the medical field. You may feel the obligation to continue it on, or you might be inspired. Career choices are greatly influenced by a person's background.
-Conclusion
Just remember not all of us are ment to do the same thing. We may not like what runs in the family. Or you might feel as if you do something different you may be look at wrong or judged. This is why I say a persons career is now choosen by their background.
introduction#1 Families come in different shapes and size. Site back and think what does this means to me? Some people have lots of families’ problem. Some can’t get along with them. Some times families do thing to us that can hurt us or save us. No matter what families are always going to be there for us. Even if we don’t think they are. Families are the ones who love us and protect us. Because families comes in different shapes and size.
ReplyDeletethesis stamen#1 Some people have lots of problem with families. The most that do can’t see past the problem with their families. Sometimes families can do things to us that can hurt us. We just have to try to see past that problem such as money problem, trust problem etc. At the end of the day the only people that will be there for us are aware families. Even if we feel like they don’t give us love back, they do love us just like we love them. Families come in different shape and size. No matter what the outcome is they are who they are family
Conclusion: personal opinion.
ReplyDeleteafter all, even though we are seeing different types of families forming, the most important thing is how the members of the family love each other.No matter what size, gender, shape, ethnicity a family is ,the only thing that really count is how we support each other.
introduction#2 I love sports it is something that I really love to play and watch on TV. Sometimes I think about how I could have been a football player if I would have tried hard enough. Some people make it to the world of sport. All they can think about is how much money they can get of it. There no more love for sports just money in my opinion.
ReplyDeletetheses#2 The spirit of sport has been corrupted by money. Football, baseball, basketball players etc. They love playing the sport and have a passion for it. It is funny how when these people make it to the pros the passion goes out the window. All they can think about is how much can they get paid. What ever happen to the love of the game? What ever happen to the fame, the passion and the fans? All we ever hear on TV is how much this and that player will get paid? Will they perform better if they will get more money? Sports are something that we love to do and have fun with. So why corrupt the love and spirit of sports with money?
The reason why families come in different shapes and sizes because it depends on what genes either the side of your family you have you can you your mothers or your fathers genes or both. Like for instance me i have some genes from both of my parents I am short like my mom I look like her. I don't have her eyes she has hazel eyes and I have my dad's dark brown eyes. So that's why people look and come off different shapes and sizes. No one should judge a book by it's cover that's how people get there feelings hurt and its not a good feeling no one should feel at all.
ReplyDelete#1 Introductory
ReplyDeleteFamilies come in different shapes, sizes, and color. They have different backgrounds, value, and standards. Families are different for everyone because of different life styles. No matter what you go through family they are always there for you. Families are meant to be forever more than anything else in the world. Families are much better than friends.
#1 Conclusion
To submit it all there is no single families that act or behave like other families. Your expression with your families’ members is what brings families together. Expressions will always be different therefore different families and different lifestyle.
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ReplyDeleteThey say friends are of different kind is because everyone has all different races for friens. I think its good to have all different kinds of friends because you can learn about there back ground and culture. I love all the different kind of food that i can try out and my friends loveto come over and eat my food. i love having different kinds of friends because to can tell each other stories laugh and cry about them.
ReplyDeleteIntroduction: Imagine a boy growing up with parent’s that they never finished school, so never really paid mind to their kid at school if he was doing well or not. Now picture a girl with a parents that are both doctor’s and have push their kid to finish school to get a career like they did. Which one might you think has the chances of picking a better career? Career choices are greatly influenced by a person’s background. I believe that it all depends on their parents how they raised them, how they made their child believe how school was serious or not.
ReplyDeleteConclusion: It takes a lot of thinking to be able to say “ This is the career I want to do for the rest of my life” . Your background has to do a lot with your decision, you start remembering why you even picked it in the first place , probably something you’ve always wanted to be since you were a kid. Or maybe because its something your parents or family member did , and you want to follow their steps. Your Career its something you’ve always wanted its just something that you had to put the puzzle together as you grew up.
INTRO #1
ReplyDeleteSexual harassment at work often goes unreported for practical reasons. The number one reason that sexual harassment goes unreported is because employees are being bullied. Most of the bullying come from an superior, who try to take advantage of weak minded people. They often times threaten their jobs and reputation. Some even go as far as offering incentives and gifts. Sexual harassment should not be tolerated under any circumstances, by any one. People shouldn't feel threaten to speak up.
# 3Introductory
ReplyDeleteFriendship is just one word but friends are different kinds. No one will you more than just your friends that if you got any. There are many different type of friends untruly, untrusting, two faces and backstabbers. Finding true friends are much harder than counting on your families. Friends are hard to find now in days they will tell you one thing but than their actions speak differently and show the true colors. Friends are not forever as families are.
#3 Conclusion
Friends you really don’t need them at longest you feel that you do than find one. But learn about them don’t give too much info about your back ground cause you never know who could be backstabbers. Just learn about people and be wise and to whom you could speak with and trust into your life. Converting with others is not too much of becoming friends but by listening and seeing who you could trust. Maybe by time you learn about them and make a true friend.
Introduction
ReplyDeleteWhy people don’t report sexual harassment at work? There are many reasons why people don’t report sexual harassment at work, some of them are: they are afraid to lose their job, they blame themselves, they think nobody is going to believe them, they are embarrass about the situation or they don’t know what to do.
Conclusion
Sexual harassment is against the law, and they are design to protect you from your boss, coworkers or customers at work, you need to step up and report it to your employer and you can file a charge with a state or federal agency and go to court, if you don’t do anything ,it won’t get any better, don’t be afraid and get support from your family, friends or a lawyer.
Introduction
ReplyDeleteToday’s family structure are diverse, a normal family is not just a father, mother and one, two or more kids, a family can be a single-parent, family with members from different ethnic background and those that are form by adoption.
Conclusion
Family is the most important part in our life, it doesn’t matter what members integrates your family, you are lucky to have them in your life, make sure to enjoy them and let them know how important they are, there are a lot of kids who wish to have a family, if you would like to have your own family and you can have kids remember that you can adopt one and change a life forever.
CONCLUSION #1
ReplyDeleteEmployers should enhance their rules on sexual harassment. As well as create a more safe and suitable work place.People shouldn't be afraid nor feel uncomfortable when they feel the need to speak out against a sexual assault that occur in the work environment.
Hook Intro: Families come in different shapes and sizes
ReplyDeleteHave you ever thought about the life of a child raised by a family with two fathers, mother or even a single parent? Families do not all look the same, but what makes us different is the way we are raised. Diversity is that big gap when it comes to different shapes and sizes between our families. Families are the foundations of growth for every individual. Through this growth we bring color to the world, we become more open-minded to others, and accept the different outlooks that others may have on life.
Conclusion:
We are brought in a time period where no two families are alike. I think it’s interesting in my opinion for it brings color to the world. It makes us unique and who we are simply by the family we are raised with. It helps us grow into becoming more open-minded individuals and more accepting of other’s outlook on life.
INTRO #2
ReplyDeleteCareer is a profession for which one train and which is undertaken as a permanent. Career choices are greatly influence by a person background. Growing up as a child people would always ask the question, What do you want to be when you grow up? Kids would say a dentist, lawyer or doctor. While this are great career fields as a person grow into there adult years they're introduce to new things and venture out until they have found that one thing that their good and strive to make the best career in there personal interest.
CONCLUSION #2
ReplyDeleteThe personal achievements, creativity mind, and hobbies from our background has a big influence on how we choose our career.
Introduction :
ReplyDeleteFriendship is the quality of being friendly, but not each friend that you have will treat you the same way. Every friend you have are of different kinds , with each one you have a different bond you can’t have with other’s. There’s people you’ll have a friendship with that has been so short that you really can’t connect with. Than you’ll have friends that your friendship has been amazing because you’ve been knowing them for so long.
Conclusion:
I am sure glad I have friends of different kinds because the good thing of having different kinds of friends is that you can have a different experience with each one. There’s always that one friend you can tell some things to that you can’t to the other one. By having a different type of friendship with people you can also tell who can you go to and trust with your personal life. There’s your friends and than there’s your best friends, and there are so different. Each person has a different way of treating you and acting in front of you.
Introductory# 1 – Families come in different shapes and sizes.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever felt the need to scream, so that they could be heard? Most families are fairly small, but not mine! Growing up with a bunch of siblings had its perks, well at least for me because I am the youngest of fourteen. Twenty years of making lots of children, interesting story? My family may not be the normal size in today’s society, but I’m proud that I am a part of it.
Conclusion#1
Families may come in a variety of ways. Some have extended families, due to new relationships. No matter what type, or what size family you belong to, it is your family. Cherishing the families that we do have is what matters in the end.
Introductory#2 – Friendship is just one word, but friends are of different kinds.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever asked yourself, who are my real friends? Well I think everyone from time to time has. The interesting thing is you can have more than just one friend. Friendships for different areas of your life. Just like the library have their books in categories, so can your friends.
Conclusion#2
To be a friend is just as important to have a friend. If you have just one then you should be grateful, because friends are so hard to come by. The good news is that you can have more than just one and there is nothing wrong with that!
Definition introductio:
ReplyDeleteFamilies come in defferent shapes ans size
Most of the time when a person thinks of the definition of a family, the image of a mother, father and children is what comes into the mind. That is actually the definition of a family, which is parents, and one or more children. However, there are more definitions that can be used to define a family all depends on your point of view.
Sports like any other profession should be an enjoyable situation because the person is doing what he wants or maybe because that was his dream from childhood or just because as an adult it was the best choice made at that moment in his life; it should be also a good resource of make a good living and succeed as a professional. Unfortunately nowadays Sports are one of the best resources to make money and get rich the easy way, but easy things do not come alone, as money comes also corruption and toxic people come along too and what they really want is to make a profit out of the situation. There are countries where the situation starts with little boys who are trained by professionals in Baseball and the only dream these kids and their families have is to hit the lottery getting him into a good baseball team that is willing to pay millions. Television, brand name clothing, and corporate sponsor are paying lots of money just to get associated with this sport and had become an extra resource to make more money.
ReplyDeleteConclusion:
There is no more passion for sports only the lucrative side that is corrupted for the economic part; sports will never have the positive way like old days that means to keep up with health and another expression of art.
Every time I get along with someone, I think that I am back home in El Salvador where friendship means family and there is no other reason to be close to that someone that you can count on and feel free to talk and get the support when you need it, not just to have fun at a party or going on a trip, is to have the option to exit when there is no way out and there comes a friend that gives you the hand or opens up a door where you thought you where lost, is the one who can give you an answer without hurting your feelings and make you feel good because he or she knows you very well, besides your family friends come on second place and should be keep that way it should be a vice verse situation to help each other like your partner in life to stand by you in the good and in the bad and accept each other the way you are, enjoy the good part and understand the bad one. No one is perfect!
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In this country, I believe is very rare to find friendship people become very antisocial and apart from what could happen the others, they don’t care even if they can give you a hand they pretend there is no more world than theirs even if they come from your same country.
In my opinion, when it comes to friendship, you need to be very careful because there are people who say that they are your friends and than you realize that they were are not really your friends. Real friends are those who are there with you during both the good and bad moments , not just during the good moments. As I previously mentioned, you need to be very careful when it comes to friendship, also because they are people out there who pretend to be your friends in order to get benefits from you and than once they no longer need benefits from you , they forget about you.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand,there are also people out there who are wonderful friends. They are always there for you , no matter what. Some of them are such good friends that you can even consider them family. Therefore, it depends on the person and/or people, when it comes to trust and real friendsips.