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Writing Connections: You, College, and Careers
Book I: Sentences and Paragraphs

Lee Brandon, Mt. San Antonio College
Paired Essays on Bullying
Exercise 2: Discussion and Critical Thinking

Answer the questions based on the reading, "Bully, Bully."
  1. Circle the thesis sentence.

  2. The definition in question defines bullying as "verbal, physical, or psychological" behavior directed against the victim. Of those three characteristics, which two does Leo find troublesome?
  3. Why does Leo find those two characteristics troublesome?

  4. Does he have a good point in criticizing the definition or is he unfairly ridiculing the definition?

  5. Does Leo believe there should be no antibullying campaign?

  6. What does Leo have to say about bullying?

  7. What part of the questioned definition does he say is actually part of "growing up?" (See paragraph 6.)

  8. How does Leo use comparison and contrast to evaluate the definition of bullying, according to the national study?

  9. Leo does not provide us with his definition of bullying. Write a definition for him or explain what kind of regulation he would use to confront bullying.


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