This language gives the reader a sense of something beautiful that is "hiding in plain sight", in pockets amid a comparatively bland background environment.

These words directly from Pretor-Pinney, although not giving a physical description, do give the reader a better idea of what he thought of clouds, telling about their significance in his eyes. (and I totally agree with him!)

This verb gives the reader the idea of "things ricocheting around the internet" rather than using more subdued word such as spread.

These telling details show the reader that Pretor-Pinney is very passionate about what he admires, willing to learn about it and even defend it if friends disagreed.

The fact Pretor-Pinney took the time to slow down and appreciate the clouds is itself a telling detail, because it shows that he is a man who is willing to take the time to slow down and take in the beauty of something, rather than simply overlooking it.

This verb "enriched" gives the reader a sense of how much more positive Pretor-Pinney's action made his life.

Most of this part of the paragraph seems to be of narrative form as it tells about some of Pretor-Pinney's life changes after the years of cloud research and his lecturing of clouds.

This transitions from exposition to narrative as it discusses part of Pretor-Pinney's intentions, and then moves to saying that "His championing of asperatus was, in reality, somewhat arbitrary."

I have especially enjoying these amazing cloud photos!

The first part of the sentence talks about the WMO announcing that they were preparing the first new addition of their Cloud Atlas in many years, which continues the story of Pretor-Pinney, but then gives details that aren't necessary to the story of why they were doing this.

This is narrative because it doesn't advance the story but explains what a cloud is.

I've also been storm spotting for many years, and can very easily understand how spotting these features is important

There is a transition from exposition to narrative here. It tells how "The Cloudspotter's Guide" was received, and then moves into narrative as it gives an example from that book.

This portion of the paragraph is of narrative style as it doesn't advance the story of how he wrote the book and it was received, but merely states his personal traits that made writing it difficult.

I agree with this statement firmly! I have a fascination with meteorology and often look at the sky whenever I'm outside to see what kinds of clouds I can spot. Over the years I've seen a huge variety, from roll clouds, shelf clouds, and tornadoes, to more peaceful clouds such as cirrostratus undulatus and altocumulus clouds. And I feel like my life has been made better by observing these.

The first part of this sentence is exposition, because it tells about how "he went with it", and then goes into narrative by saying that "he likes to see where things go."

This is a transition from exposition to narrative as the author discusses how Pretor-Pinney noted the lack of clouds in the Roman sky, which is exposition because it advances the story of how he came to be interested in clouds. It transitions to narrative as the author tells how he remembered the clouds that hung over England, which leads into what he thought about clouds as a child.

Much of the beginning here is exposition, but it transitions, with a new paragraph especially, into narrative. There are also areas of narrative mixed in with the exposition at times in the first paragraph.

This portion of the story is purely narrative because the information the author gives us does not advance the story, but rather provides us with details about Pretor-Pinney's appearance.

By her actions -or, in this case, accounts of her actions- the author shows us again that Dee Dee was a kind and caring character outwardly, which disguises her mental condition that keeps her insisting that Gypsy is ill.

This description of Dee Dee's appearance gives me the impression that she was friendly in appearance, which is why so many people befriended her.

This sentence is not only an accurate statement of Dee Dee's mental illness's effect on Gypsy, but it also ties back to the theme of my essay.

This action helps to demonstrate Dee Dee's controlling personality around her daughter.

The author further develops Dee Dee's character by describing her behavior shortly after Gypsy's birth. We can see, from this irrational behavior, that she has some form of paranoia or related issue.

One of the ways that the author develops the character Dee Dee is by introducing her with this statement. Since she has changed her name so many times, we can already tell that there is something different about her.

This reaffirms my statement that people might have success in adult life which was influenced by events they were too young to remember.

My essay will only look at the influences of parents and other family members, but I will need to keep in mind and make note that individual development as highly complex and no general rules can be followed in determining how a person will develop.

This is true and will need to be mentioned in my essay. My subject began listening to the different musical genre of her own choice, for example.

The subject I interviewed was raised in a supportive environment and was encouraged to be creative, likely contributing to her ability to make music.

This first sentence restates what I stated in the introduction that I completed in the previous lesson.

I have personally seen this happen as I have grown up with my sister, so I know this is true. I can refer back to this when making my essay as well.

This appears to be a good section to return to when considering influences of this nature.

This is something interesting to note, and would suggest looking for influences from my subject's older siblings (she is the youngest sibling so the rest are older).

By this survey, the importance of considering sibling influences is heightened by stating that more children under age 18 have lived with a sibling than had a father figure, which could make sibling influences even more prominent for those individuals.

This sentence illustrates the importance of sibling influences.

This could be useful because influences during early childhood can also originate from siblings.

I can relate this back to my interview because the subject listened to rock while young and now prefers country, but has still retained the interest in music that was started in early childhood.

The paper focuses on these three mechanisms, so I will likely refer to these when creating my own essay.

This could be an important point toward the last few paragraphs of my essay when I discuss the negative effects of negative influences.

This is another sentence that identifies the uniqueness of the article in this area of research, making it much more valuable for me in my essay.

This portion of the paragraph illustrates the importance of identifying the ways in which early childhood influences translate to adulthood. It states clearly Childhood personality traits have been linked to all three listed traits of adult well-being.

The first sentence of the abstract for this article basically summarizes the idea that I introduced as the subject of my essay in the previous lesson.

All of this information came from an interview with Gypsy.

This direct quote came from an interview.

Since this information was given to the author directly by Stanfield, it was obtained through an interview.

This statement came from an interview.

This information came from research.

We learn a neurologist's view on the subject from a phone conversation, a form of an interview.

This is an example of information provided by research into the Munchausen by proxy disorder that Dee Dee had.

This information came from research.

This is an interview.

I believe that this came from research into Rod Blanchard's current situation and past history.

This obviously comes from an interview with Kim Blanchard.

This was probably researched information.

This part of the paragraph indicates information obtained through research.

A fact likely to have been obtained through research

This also likely came from an interview with Amy Pinegar.

This came from an interview with Gypsy.

This sounds like it came from one or more interviews based on the fact that it gives an approximate height for Gypsy.

This is an example of information that likely came from research into some of the facts about Dee Dee.

This sentence could use information gather from either research or interviews with multiple individuals, but in this case I will lean toward the interview option because it would have yielded personal opinions and information.

This information seems to have come from an interview as the author says that the friend "told her not too long ago."

Even if someone didn't recognize that this article exclusively uses false claims in place of actual data, I feel as though anyone who knew what "DHMO" really is would find this article utterly ridiculous.

As this entire article has done, there are statements which claim to be supported by "studies" about this hazard, but there is a total lack of references to this research.

All the information this list includes are just normal hazards posed by water in certain situations, but the way they have portrayed the water makes it seem like a little-known, dangerous substance.

This refers to drowning.

This are simply natural events such as flooding and tropical cyclone-induced storm surge inundation.

There is no information included to back up this claim. Statistics and references that included these numbers would have increased the credibility of this, but as it is, it is extremely vague.

Again, there is no information included with this statement. The author does not provide sufficient references to this "study" to make it credible.

They do not include any quotations, references, or statistics relating to these agencies, so the reader is only going on the word of the article's author.

Even this first statement is off, calling normal H2O by an unofficial and odd name to make it sound like something different.

This is an important advantage to critical thinking.

This is a significant point for anyone who will be doing writing (as all of us will be in some form or another). The ability to think critically is an important part of education as well as your capability as a writer.

I totally agree with this. Simply copying someone else's own words or ideas doesn't encourage you to think, and then you don't learn.

If not a mental illness, excessive drug use would have to be the only option.

Many people who really cared about the events that had occurred would obviously take actions now to prevent another such tragedy from happening.

I can only begin to imagine what they were feeling as they searched for Phoebe's body.

I would have too...

I really do not understand why people hadn't seen it before, how John was acting and how his daughter should not have been left with him.

I wonder this myself! I have frequently asked this question throughout reading the article.

And this is a very, very clear sign that he has something planned. Before tomorrow, John is going to do something, but what he would do was unknown.

Another statement that suggests mental illness (or maybe even heavy drug use still)

I believe that John was mentally unstable. He loved his daughter, then to go around and call her a "demon" would suggest that he has some kind of mental illness.

I am very surprised by this as well

Letting the reader know that things are about to take a very bad turn.

By adding in photos of Phoebe and her family, and adding in details such as the highlighted sentence, the reader is again able to connect with who Phoebe was and experiences the emotions that go along with it as I am now.

By calling John's mother "mawmaw", as Phoebe called her, the writer creates specific emotions in the reader that connects them with Phoebe even more.

John has an appearance, a look in his face, that strikes deep uneasiness into you. In his mugshots above, it almost looks like you can visualize the hate in him.

I fail to understand what led to this decision, why anyone would have considered it safe for Phoebe.

How....how did this happen? How would this be allowed considering his behavior?

I think this is a good way of describing it.

A child's resiliency can be astounding, especially when dealing with one or more violent family members at a young age.

I personally find this statement absolutely absurd! John has, time and time again, displayed varying degrees of aggressive and violent behavior that event extends to his wife. Why they would have listed it as "signs of present danger is low" I have no idea.

This also surprises me as I read it.

Very abrupt mood changes make me think that he is still having some effects from drug use (potentially brain damage) or a severe mental health problem.

We see that Michelle has also had a difficult childhood regarding her family. This could lead her to sympathize with John or vice versa.

Often the most dangerous people of those who commit crimes are the smartest.

We have already seen examples of things that suggested his abnormal behavior, and further evidence will only add to this.

I don't believe this. This atrocious act was not committed spontaneously, there had to be something, or a series of somethings, leading up to it.

One of the several signs indicating that this person has problems.

This is a clear indicator, as in many cases when police officers have pulled someone over, that this will not be routine.

The unnerving statement made by Mrs. Easter when the incident involving her son first happened.

We must not only look at the impact of the crime to Kelli herself, but also to Sydnie, who suffered throughout the experience as well. As with her mother, it could easily have been the "worst experience" of her life.

I would believe that it was the wife based only on the fact that she ruthlessly seeks revenge for minor incidents.

All that he had worked for in the past had been changed with this one incident.

Candor: the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.

In this plot for revenge, Mr. Easter paid a heavy price with his job.

Duff points out that, in modern times, people can easily become upset about and issue and it can lead to a drawn-out process.

I think the fact that she wrote this makes her more suspicious in my opinion. It shows that she is capable of thinking out an elaborate crime.

I can see where it would be intimidating to have this group walking in.

People will, especially with the ability to comment via social media platforms, express their opinions of cases ranging from minor to severe. And in this case, people were overwhelmingly on Kelli's side.

I believe that this evidence is more than sufficient to have the Easters arrested and brought to trial, so I'm surprised that these took so long to happen.

I found myself surprised by this effort by local law enforcement as well. I would not have expected such a vigorous investigation for the crime committed.

Trying to sell a book with this wording, especially from a lawyer, is quite surprising and suspicious in y opinion.

A common reaction to a stressful situation such as this.

The fear and uncertainty still continues for her as the investigation continues, and she fears that, at any point, the Easters will exact more revenge on her.

She seems to be overreacting once again

Farce: a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.

This is when we know that he was definitely involved in the crime.

Mr. Easter's reaction us that of someone who is becoming increasingly uncomfortable, which points toward his guilt most likely.

There is a problem in that the Easter's are lawyers already, giving them an edge in the legal matters that would occur in the case.

It seems that the evidence presented to the viewer is quickly mounting up against the Easter's. Even the fact that the vehicle is in an open lot provides a way for the crime to silently be committed.

Another very obvious indicator that the call was faked and only meant to draw attention to Kelli's vehicle, where the drugs would be discovered.

Now there is video evidence that seems to connect Kent Easter with the crime, or at least in the same place as the call was made in the right time frame.

We are briefly introduced to another character who might have had the motive for committing the crime. This causes the reader to consider multiple people as being responsible.

This very small incident was blown way out of proportion, and Mrs. Easter's behavior is beyond excessive.

Perhaps Mrs. Easter was feeling some degree of jealousy?

It's become an unfortunate habit of people to blame others unfairly and become triggered to take some kind of act of vengeance for a minor issue.

This leaves the reader in suspense, as they don't know who this enemy is, as they end chapter 1.

This is the first evidence that indicates that the drugs were planted and Kelli was framed.

She obviously values her reputation, which makes someone's attempt to to destroy it that much more likely of a possibility.

Even though Irving sounds like a city with very little crime, there will inevitably be some illegal activity occurring with so many people in one area.

Irving seems to be a perfect city where very few things ever go wrong and there generally shouldn't be anything to worry about. But even if it seemed to be "master-planned", there are no guarantees.

Maybe this was one of the events that made her desire the feeling of safety so much, in addition to her daughter's birth.

We know how important she is for the school and that she wasn't expecting these items to be found in her vehicle. And this is definitely enough to have her arrested, which makes me think that maybe she was framed, or maybe she wasn't expecting them to be able to find it.

She was obviously an important member of the school.

This is a very explicit example of how oppressive the control over her life was, when Gypsy feels freer now than she did with her mother.

It's hard to imagine what it would be like adjusting to this, reorganizing your life with the realization that you are no longer being constantly told that you have disabilities

This is what I meant earlier by seeking a more permanent freedom from her mother's control.

This is a good term for them, people who think they can solve a case based on what information they can find available to them and want to get involved with the actual investigation. It's similar to Scott Bonn's article about why we are attracted to true crime shows that we read in the previous semester.

Another indicator that Gypsy was looking for an escape even before developing her online relationship.

This is another confusing part of the story. The doctor's did not seek evidence that Gypsy had this problems, they just accepted what Dee Dee said.

I found this to be a bit of an odd reaction considering the fact that he believed that she had illnesses as well.

One of the things Dee Dee did, which ended up lasting to the time of Gypsy's arrest, was convince her daughter that she was younger than she actually was.

Perhaps this was one of the most important events in Dee Dee's story, as she claimed that the medical records listing Gypsy's illnesses had been lost to the storm. When they came to Missouri, and garnered considerable attention, this story seemed legitimate as far as anyone could tell.

As the article later explains, this is one of the first symptoms of Dee Dee's increasingly irrational behavior regarding her child's health.

Seeking an escape from her mother's control, Gypsy would have been like many others in a similar situation with the determination to "slip through some crack" in the attention of the parent. Perhaps, if desperate enough, Gypsy might enlist assistance for a more permanent escape from this control.

This is a significant lead in the case, especially given the fact that Gypsy had only known him online. I suspect this person either committed the crime or had a considerable role in it.

A common question asked by observers of the most atrocious crimes.

This scene gives you the idea that nothing has happened, it does seem plausible at this point (excluding the aforementioned evidence) that they left the house in a hurry.

There is a possibility that they have fled the house for some reason or another, but with the evidence that has already been gathered and the evidence that will be gathered even before the police arrive, something is very clearly wrong.

This is another extremely unexpected statement being posted, and suggests that someone had probably broken into the house, committed the crime, and then hacked the Facebook account to brag about it. The way that it is written is odd, intentionally deplorable and easily exciting interest.

This highly out of character and unexpected Facebook post surprises and simultaneously confuses the reader, as it did those experiencing the event. Something has happened, but given the character of both females living at the house, it seems unlikely that either of them would post this.

This is already a signal that might foreshadow the development of a rather strained relationship between mother and daughter, as Gypsy would have very little time to herself.

This is one of the characteristics that Dee Dee possessed that contributed to her charming personality.

Assuage: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

This is a particularly sensitive area of news bias that I have seen, such as, for example, the election of a President. One news media outlet will usually favor one candidate over another, sometimes quite overtly, and this does not make the voters "better" nor "more informed". Instead, it attempts to shape the portion of the electorate watching to favor their preferred candidate.

The populace will learn some information, but how true this information is will likely be in question by many viewers. In many cases of modern news, the public is not being informed accurately because of its biased nature.

This statement suggests, as we already know, that people are not watching the news for what they say they are. Instead, they are watching it for entertainment.

This would be true, again, if the news was honest and provided unbiased information, but because this is not the case, it does not help a person to "be smarter" by informing them impartially. Rather, it most often takes sides on an issue and may even encourage the viewer to think in this way.

I believe that this is a description of what reading, watching, or listening to the news should do, allow people to make better decisions in the modern times. This is, unfortunately, not the case most of the time.