Education Discipline Strategies

verb to persuade someone to do something by using force or threats

• The suspect was accused of attempting to coerce a witness into changing their testimony.
• Don't let anyone coerce you into doing something you're not comfortable with.
• I can't believe he tried to coerce her into going out with him.
• The strong winds seemed to coerce the trees into swaying back and forth.

noun a word that functions as the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• The judge decided to make an example of the defendant by giving him the maximum sentence.
• The teacher made an example of the student who was caught cheating on the exam.
• The boss made an example of the employee who kept showing up late to work.
• The coach decided to make an example of the star player by benching him for the entire game.