WRITING ANALYTICALLY Exercise 2.4. shazzam!

1a) Fewer Americans walk through neighborhoods.

1b) Perhaps more American homeowners just don't want people walking in front of their property.

1c) Form over function: sidewalks don't enhance curb appeal.

2a) Families value togetherness.

2b) House designers cater to this trend by incorporaing kitchens, living rooms, and family rooms into blueprints.

2c) Family members want to spend time not only with each other but also with guests. Living rooms by front doors provide an ideal space for entertaining.

3a) When it comes to coexistence, privacy begets harmony.

3b) Robert Frost valued privacy.

3c) The frustration that the ladies of Room 205 experience when I barge in unannounced is reflected in Frost’s remark.

4a) An anatomical reason explains why men have trouble expressing their feelings: compared to women, men have fewer connections between the part of the brain that is responsible for emotions and the part that is responsible for communication.

4b) Women can verbalize emotions and reasoning more readily than men can.

4c) If this trait is based on gender, and, if gender has a genetic basis, then this trait must also have a genetic basis.

5a) More and more American courts are applying the lens used to evaluate crimes committed by mature adults to crimes committed by maturing juveniles.

5b) A young defendant’s age and inexperience cannot preclude her conviction.

5c) More adults serve sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles because, supposedly, the actions of juveniles are directly comparable to the actions of adults.

6a) Most juveniles have underdeveloped capacities for judgment and impulse control.

6b) American courts should consider this limitation when resolving the fate of a juvenile defendant.

6c) It may also be implied that, once a person’s frontal cortex is fully developed, that person is responsible for all her actions.

7a) Women tend to make their commands appear less aggressive by voicing commands as they voice questions.

7b) Younger men have begun to speak like women, and the line that distinguishes stereotypically male and female traits has been blurred.

7c) As these younger men age, the demographic of men who exhibit this stereotypically female tendency will extend to older men.

8a) It’s easy for shoppers to lose track of time.

8b) Store managers want customers to ignore time, shop for longer periods, and make more unplanned purchases.

8c) Since stores rarely have clocks, employees must use other timepieces—watches and cell phones, for instance—to keep track of time.

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