(No, really, I do. In all types of writing--essays, emails, and blog posts--I tend to use them often.)
Please complete the exercises for Pattern 6 and Pattern 7 in The Art of Styling Sentences (TASS) on pages 33-34 and page 37. Then respond to the following prompt in a comment. You must use at least one of the patterns in your response (but I'd prefer two).
Prompt: What are your biggest pet peeves about members of the opposite gender? About your own gender?
My biggest pet peeve is when a boy sends texts that are only one word. The things necessary for a good conversation- story telling, ideas, conflict, humor- can rarely be expressed in a single word. Catty, dramatic, secretive- annoying characteristics of some girls.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about boys is how they have a hard time expressing their emotions. Anger, annoyance, happiness, sadness, anxiety-- these are all important emotions, and if they are not expressed they can build up inside a person. Also, when they don't make their feelings clear, nobody can help them or comfort them. My biggest pet peeve about girls, is their tendency to make everything a big deal. Bad grades, spats with friends, crushes-- these are just a few things girls like to blow out of proportions. I must admit that I do this too at times, but its one big thing I wish I didn't.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about boys is the way they feel like they have to resolve issues. Punching, hitting, kicking, and more- all are ways guys decide to take out their anger. Why can't they just talk about their problems like girls? My biggest pet peeve about girls is how exclusive girls can be. Best friends, a small group of friends, and a large group of friends- these groups all have the ability to be exclusive, even when they don't know even realize it.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about girls is how they get mad at guys over things that we do not find important. Not texting back, not being able to talk with them at random times, not being able to focus completely on them when you are trying to do something else -- all of these are reasons why girls could possibly mad at guys for reasons that are not their fault. Although I feel this way, I also have a pet peeve about guys. It is when guys call each other silly nick names. Bro, brah, brodizzle, homeslice -- these are a few of the names I hate the most out of all of them.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of pet peeves about boys--arrogant, complicated, insensitive, not understanding--but my biggest pet peeve about boys is that they always like to keep important information to themselves. Thoughts, emotions, ideas--anything that would be a big part of their lives would not be known by other people. Although some boys do tend to say whatever is one their mind (not all), it usually would not be important thoughts (at least, important to girls).
ReplyDeleteGirls (although not very many girls at Kinkaid) can be very annoying--complaining, stubborn, vengeful--but my biggest pet peeve about girls is that a lot of times, girls are exclusive.
One of my pet peeves about the opposite gender are some guys are incapable of picking up on some visible/verble queues. How can they not know what we are talking about when we look at them or talk to them, they always seem to not get it. Sadness, happiness, nervousness, anxiety, shyness -- how can guys not hear/see these obvious things.
ReplyDeleteOne of my pet peeves about girls is our inability to confront one another. I admire how guys can just go up to a guy and resolve a problem. With girls there's always something -- gossiping, whispering, name-calling -- that goes on behind your back.
One of my biggest pet peeves about girls is their tendency to make a big deal over the smallest things. Not being invited somewhere, guys, what other people think about them, things other people did - the list could go on and on. And I would have to agree with Ryan about guys. There is not reason to call each other very bad nick names. Noob, bro Montana, dawg, Bro Namath- these are just a few stupid nickname.
ReplyDeleteOne of my biggest pet peeves about guys is when they automatically assume that a girl is PMSing when she is upset. A girl's day could have been filled with problems - a bad test grade, friend drama, a boy who is not listening to her - that would cause her to "make a big deal" out of something. Guys, you have never experienced PMS, so don't comment on it.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about girls is their cattiness. I would much rather sit at a table with guys than girls in the library. Whispering, staring, mocking, laughing - these are just a few ways that girls can make you feel unwelcome in a group.
My biggest pet peeve about boys is their need for crude humor. There are many crude movies movies- The Hangover, Step Brothers, and Ricky Bobby- that I find hilarious. But, those aren't things you need to bring up in every situation.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to girls, I hate our need for perfection. Grades, friends, and looks- all are areas in our life we try to perfect.
My biggest pet peeve about guys is when you try to ask them a question and they don't hear a word that you said. They are too preoccupied with other things-playing a game on the computer or texting/calling someone else-which cause a girl to feel ignored.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about girls is our tendency to get really upset over minute issues. Boys, weekend plans, bad grades-make girls emotional and over-whelmed.
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ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about girls is how everything going on in their life is always so dramatic. I realize this is an exaggeration and a logical fallacy, but I don't understand girls. They sometimes act like the world is coming to an end because of something stupid. So, say something could have happened to a girl that really doesn't matter - not getting invited to a party, getting in a gossip fight with a friend, failing a test, a guy doesn't remember their birthday. I could go on and on, but what doesn't seem to occur to them is that no one is going to remember that little incident in a week. Also, it bothers me when girls always want me to share and "express my feelings." Well, I don't want to. I would rather keep my personal life to myself because I'm the only one dealing with the problems and talking about the problems won't solve the problems.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about guys is when they are hypocritical. I guess that would be my biggest pet peeve about people in general, but for some reason it bothers me more when guys are hypocritical as oppose to girls.
My biggest pet peeves about girls is how they misinterpret trivial things -body language, tone of voice, verbal communication- and make a big deal about nothing.
ReplyDeleteLack of simpathy, lack of empathy, inappropriate jokes -many things boys do that are annoying to me.
There are a lot of things about boys that annoy me: they’re insensitive, oblivious to our attention towards them, cocky (not all guys, but a lot of them). But my biggest peeve about them is how they have the need to try to be better than girls at everything and then tease us or insult us for not being as good as they are. Insanely competitive, proud, arrogant—these are just a few qualities that boys can go crazy about. But I can deal with that; what I can’t deal with is them insulting our abilities or our smartness.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about girls is the fact that they gossip and spread rumors a lot. Whispering, staring, giggling—you can tell when a girl is spreading rumors about you when you see this. It’s not like they appreciate when people gossip about them, so why do it to others? Also, it just enrages me when a girl gossips about someone they consider a friend. It’s like they’re trying to get rid of their friends, which doesn’t make sense to me at all.
My biggest pet peeve about boys is how insensitive they can be to girls and to other boys. Calling other guys names, rating girls on their looks, and being generally rude- these are just a few ways that boys are insensitive. However, at the same time boys are very sensitive to their image, or how other boys percieve them. I abosolutly can not stand it when a boy calls another boy "gay" because he participates in the performing arts. I especially hate when these insensitive comments cause the boy to quit. It really annoys me how boys let things like that get to them.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about girls is how some girls make a hige deal about something that doesn't mean anything. These things- when a guy does or does not text back, when another girl gives them a strange look, when someone said something mildly rude- all get turned into a big melodramatic event. Another thing I loathe about girls is when they turn into "Me-Monsters", and all they can talk about is themselves and how important everything they do or say or think is. It makes me crazy.
One of my main pet peeves about guys is when they do stuff they know will make a girl mad--insensitivity, one word answers, cockiness--I know that they might not care about the stuff we do but they're still not that stupid that they don't understand that we obviously do get mad at what they see as not a big deal. This ties in to my pet peeve about girls (even though I do this too), we make wayyy to big of a deal about everything--we overreact, over-analysis, and freak out-- even when we know the guy didn't do it on purpose.
ReplyDeleteOne of my biggest pet peeves about boys is when they have long hair. I can't stand it when a boy has long hair because it looks weird and hippie-ish. Especially when their hair is longer than mine because that is just super weird! (That is just my opinion) Another pet peeve I have about boys is how they seem to have so much trouble expressing their emotions. Crying- talking about how they really feel-facial expressions- are just a few of the things that boys have so much trouble doing in front of girls. A pet peeve I have about girls is when they get mad or frustrated they put an a on the end of whatever word they are saying. Example: "STOP-A" (If you heard a girl saying it it would sound like, STOPUH) Another pet peeve of mine is how judgemental girls can be of other girls. Girls that-haven't even met the person they are judging, talk about her because of they way she looks, and exclude her from whatever they are doing- are not girls that know how to treat someone else like a true friend.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve about girls is that they make a big deal out of small things, and often interpret things incorrectly. Being catty, over-sensitive, and dramatic are many annoying characteristics of girls. For guys, I agree with what Ryan and Robert said about guys having stupid nicknames. Many of these stupid names-noob, brah, homeslice-make guys seem unintelligent.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest peeve abut girls is that they cant take a complement. Beautiful, elegant, radiant-These will just slide off. Slanders-courtesan, female dog, ugly-cling to them for a lifetime. My biggest peeve with guys is the overuse if some jokes. Your mother, that's what she said- all these jokes are so overused they are not funny.
ReplyDeleteFighting, biting, football - do I really have to be "manly?" I think about what it would be like to be a girl until my pet peeves about some of them them - the drama, the pink, the high-pitched squeals - drive me away.
ReplyDeleteWhy are girls so easily offended. They take jokes the wrong way (misinterpreting, misunderstanding and and even taking unreasonable offense). How should I try to understand.
ReplyDeleteThe thing I hate about guys is that there is so much talk about football. I don't watch or play football. It's kind of hard to hold conversations that will always lead to football.
My biggest pet peeve is when boys are afraid to say how they feel. The key to a good relationship- feelings, emotions, and sentiment- are crucial for both the boy and the girl. For some reason, girls are great at showing how they feel, but boys seems to have trouble in this department.
ReplyDeleteThe thing that bothers me the most about girls is how they get overly emotional about things that happened to me. Anger, sadness, joy, and stubborn-all ways girls overreact to situations. It is ridiculous to get mad about such insignificant things like saying something they do not want to hear. This recently happened to me; I took a piece of gum form a girl and she told me she hated me and hid all of my books throughout the library. This is a perfect example of a complete overreaction to a small thing. The thing that bothers me about boys is when they call each other girls. It’s stupid because you are obviously a boy and so no matter how you act it can’t truly be like a girl. It is an insult people use when they have nothing better to argue.
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