b) remain consistent throughout the text (essay, business contract)
c) contain one to three sentences (usually)
d) usually feature a word (or phrase), a link, and a meaning
Tips:
Avoid general language. (Irritating people do things that bother everyone.)
Avoid circular explanations. (Irritating passengers are passengers who are irritating.)
See the reminders above as guides, rather than rules. (Four sentences? Maybe!)
Focusing on clearly naming and explaining your categories.
Stipulative Definition or Bust (Reminder: Look for specific, concrete language!)
1. Overall, Travel Divas are irritating and annoying.
2. Overall, Travel Divas are airline passengers who cause unneeded disturbances on
multiple hour plane flights.
3. Overall, Travel Divas are divas who travel.
4. First, the Business Diva is all business.
5. First, the Business Diva is very serious, loud, and spoiled.
6. First, the Business Diva treats the airplane as his or her personal office space; this
person prioritizes business needs over airline technology regulations. This character
often sits in first class, but passengers in the economy section may hear the Diva refusing
a flight attendant's request to turn off a lap top or finish a phone call.
7. Questionable bill behaviors are the things that people do to make everyone angry.
8. Questionable bill behaviors should be avoided.
9. Questionable Bill Behaviors are the unfair choices some restaurant patrons make when
calculating the individual costs of a shared bill.
10. The Fifty Fifty Behavior often begins with a discussion of how much simpler
calculations will be if the bill is split equally. If all diners order similarly priced items
or find themselves financially stable, this may not be a blunder. Sometimes though, one
person orders significantly costlier items while another is trying to eat on a strict budget;
the presumption that it is just easier to split the bill equally is a Bill Blunder.
11. Solo Globe Travelers are individuals who travel alone to internationally.
12. First, Solo Globe Travelers must address the challenge of expenses. They must pay
for all travel expenses on their own; they do not have partners to share the costs of
lodging, meals, or transportation.
c) contain one to three sentences (usually)
d) usually feature a word (or phrase), a link, and a meaning
Tips:
Avoid general language. (Irritating people do things that bother everyone.)
Avoid circular explanations. (Irritating passengers are passengers who are irritating.)
See the reminders above as guides, rather than rules. (Four sentences? Maybe!)
Focusing on clearly naming and explaining your categories.
Stipulative Definition or Bust (Reminder: Look for specific, concrete language!)
1. Overall, Travel Divas are irritating and annoying.
2. Overall, Travel Divas are airline passengers who cause unneeded disturbances on
multiple hour plane flights.
3. Overall, Travel Divas are divas who travel.
4. First, the Business Diva is all business.
5. First, the Business Diva is very serious, loud, and spoiled.
6. First, the Business Diva treats the airplane as his or her personal office space; this
person prioritizes business needs over airline technology regulations. This character
often sits in first class, but passengers in the economy section may hear the Diva refusing
a flight attendant's request to turn off a lap top or finish a phone call.
7. Questionable bill behaviors are the things that people do to make everyone angry.
8. Questionable bill behaviors should be avoided.
9. Questionable Bill Behaviors are the unfair choices some restaurant patrons make when
calculating the individual costs of a shared bill.
10. The Fifty Fifty Behavior often begins with a discussion of how much simpler
calculations will be if the bill is split equally. If all diners order similarly priced items
or find themselves financially stable, this may not be a blunder. Sometimes though, one
person orders significantly costlier items while another is trying to eat on a strict budget;
the presumption that it is just easier to split the bill equally is a Bill Blunder.
11. Solo Globe Travelers are individuals who travel alone to internationally.
12. First, Solo Globe Travelers must address the challenge of expenses. They must pay
for all travel expenses on their own; they do not have partners to share the costs of
lodging, meals, or transportation.