The Sports Book Of Writing
By Erik E
Table Of Contents Pg 2. A Brief Introduction Pg 3. A Dedication
Pg 4-6. Section 1: Punctuation and Capitalization Pg 6. Section 2: Parts of speech
Pg 7-9. Section 3: Template and Guidelines: Phrases and Clauses Pg 10-12. Section 4: Template and Guidelines: Sentences
Pg 13-14. Section 5: Template and Guidelines: Paragraphs Pg 15-16. Section 6: Template and Guidelines: Essays Pg 17. Work Cited
Pg 18. Ending/Thank you 1
A Brief Introduction  Where would the world be without sports? Who doesn't play, watch, or involve themselves in sports at all their whole life? Sports are the topic of everyday conversations, talking about what team did what, and some crazy highlight plays from last night. There are many stores that are dedicated to selling sportswear to get young athletes the equipment they need to be able to play and have fun. Most schools and learning academies will give opportunities to students to play sports for the school to show off their talent, in hopes to make it big and play on the national or international level.
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A Dedication I dedicate this book to my mom and my sister, who are the only parental figures I have in my life. They are always there for me supporting me for whatever I want to do and for who I am. They are the people that I trust with my life and I would do anything for them at any given time. I am inspired by both of them as they are hard working, and will put family above everything else in life, caring about us and doing anything in their power to make our lives easier and better.
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Section 1: Punctuation and Capitalization 1.​The period (known as a full stop in British English) is probably the simplest of the punctuation
marks to use. You use it like a knife to cut the sentences to the required length.
2.A comma is used before any coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet) that links two independent clauses. My estate goes to my husband, son, daughter-in-law, and nephew.
3.The colon is used to separate two independent clauses when the second explains or illustrates the first. He got what he worked for: he really earned that promotion.
4. The semicolon or semi-colon; is a symbol commonly used as orthographic punctuation. When I finish here, and I will soon, I'll be glad to help you; and that is a promise I will keep.
5.Question marks are used in both formal and non-formal writing and in cases where direct and indirect questions are being asked. Are you happy to be home?
6.The exclamation point also called an exclamation mark, is a punctuation mark that goes at the end of certain sentences. It's less common than the period or question mark. Jessica told me that you're having a baby!
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7.We use quotation marks with direct quotes, with titles of certain works, to imply alternate meanings, and to write words as words. Block quotations are not set off with quotation marks. "Hurry up."
Capitalization
1. Capitalize first word: Hello my name is Erik E.
2. Capitalize names: Hi this is my friend Emmanuel from second grade.
3. Capitalize the first word of a quote: da Vinci once said, "Learning never exhausts the mind."
4. Capitalize dates: sixteenth day of June
5. Capitalize titles: To Kill a Mockingbird
6. Capitalize cities and states: New York
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Section 2: Parts of Speech 1. Nouns: A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common noun ), or to name a particular one of these ( proper noun ).
2. Pronouns: A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).
3. Verbs: A verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word that in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being
4. Adjective: a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it. 5. Adverb: A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ). 6. Conjunction: A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).
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Section 3: Template and Guidelines: Phrases and Clauses 1. A verb phrase is a syntactic unit consisting of an auxiliary (helping) verb preceding the main verb. Example: The man was texting on his phone. 2. A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object. Example: With a reusable tote in hand, Matthew walked to the farmer's market. 3. An appositive is a noun or pronoun that renames or identifies another noun or pronoun in some way. Example: Her favorite teacher, Mrs. Book, assigned Moby Dick. 4. A gerund phrase is a phrase consisting of a gerund and any modifiers or objects associated with it. Example: Eating ice cream on a windy day can be a messy experience if you have long, untamed hair
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5. An infinitive phrase is the infinitive form of a verb plus any complements and modifiers. Example: To travel is the only thing on her mind Clauses 1. Clause: In language, a clause is a part of the sentence that contains a verb. A typical clause consists of a subject and a predicate, the latter typically a verb phrase, a verb with any objects and other modifiers 2. Independent clause: An independent clause is a clause that can stand by itself as a simple sentence. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate and makes sense by itself. Independent clauses can be joined by using a semicolon or by using a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction 3. Dependent clause: A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does not express a complete thought so it is not a sentence and can't stand alone. These clauses include adverb clauses, adjective clauses, and noun clauses. 4. Noun Clause: A noun clause is a dependent clause that acts as a noun. Example: Please tell me who left his shoes on the floor. 5. Adjective clause: An adjective clause is a multi-word adjective that includes a subject and a verb. When we think of an adjective. Example: Mia is the person whose family owns a horse ranch. 6. Adverb clause: An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adverb. Example: Jennifer scrubbed the bathtub until her arms ached. 8
7. Relative clause: Relative clauses are clauses starting with the relative pronouns who*, that, which, whose, where, when. Example: I'm buying a gift for the neighbor who helped me move. 8. Elliptical clause: An elliptical clause is a clause in which some words have been left out. Example: Corin and Alicia can’t sing as loudly as they. 9. Essential/Nonessential clause: An essential adjective clause is one that is needed for the sentence to make sense. If you took it out, you would not know all the information that you need to know. At other times, the information given by the adjective clause is nonessential. A nonessential adjective clause is one that is not necessary. Example: The man who left his wallet is coming back for it
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Section 4: Template and Guidelines: Sentences Sentence Parts 1. Subject: The subject in a simple English sentence 2. Predicate: The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject Section Types 1. Declarative: A declarative sentence is a sentence that makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation, or conveys information. 2. Imperative: An adjective meaning “completely necessary” or “very important,” but also “commanding.” A noun meaning “a necessity” or “something that is not avoidable,” but also “a command.” 3. Interrogative: An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks a question.
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4. Exaclamatory: relating to a sudden cry or remark, especially one expressing surprise, anger, or pain. Sentence Patterns 1. Simple: In English, our sentences usually operate using a similar pattern: subject, verb, then object 2. Compound: A compound sentence contains at least two independent clauses. 3. Complex: Complex sentences contain 2 parts – the independent clause and the dependent clause 4. Loose: Loose sentences have a structure that is the opposite of periodic sentences 5.Periodic: In periodic sentences, the main point (independent clause) occurs at the end of the sentence, after one or more side points (dependent clauses) lead up to the main point. 6.Parallel: Parallel structure (also called parallelism) is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. 7. Balanced: A balanced sentence is a sentence made up of two parts that are roughly equal in length, importance, and grammatical structure Sentence Errors
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1. Run-on Sentences: Run-on sentences, also known as fused sentences, occur when two complete sentences are squashed together without using a coordinating conjunction or proper punctuation, such as a period or a semicolon. 2. Fragment: A sentence fragment is a group of words that looks like a sentence, but actually isn't a complete sentence. 3. Misplaced: A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies/describes. 4. Double negative: A double negative is a non-standard sentence construction that uses two negative forms.
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Section 5: Template and Guidelines: Paragraphs 1. Paragraph: A paragraph is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. A paragraph consists of one or more sentences. 2. Introductory: In an essay, article, or book, an introduction is a beginning section which states the purpose and goals of the following writing. This is generally followed by the body and conclusion. 3. Thesis statement: A thesis statement usually appears at the conclusion of the introductory paragraph of a paper. It offers a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay, research paper, etc. 4. Clarification of the thesis: The thesis is one of the most important concepts in college expository writing. A thesis sentence focuses your ideas for the paper; it's your argument or insight or viewpoint crystallized into a sentence or two that gives the reader your main idea. 5. Body paragraph: Body paragraphs are the middle paragraphs that lie between the introduction and conclusion. The key building blocks of essays are the paragraphs as they represent distinct logical steps within the whole argument.
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6. Topic sentence: In expository writing, a topic sentence is a sentence that summarizes the main idea of a paragraph. It is usually the first sentence in a paragraph. Also known as a focus sentence, it encapsulates or organizes an entire paragraph. 7. Evidence in paragraphs: This is how you support or back up, your claims. The evidence may take the form of a direct quotation, paraphrased material, statistical data, or any other information from one of your sources that helps to support your claim. Try to incorporate information from several sources into each paragraph. 8. Summarizing: Summarizing is defined as taking a lot of information and creating a condensed version that covers the main points. An example of summarizing is writing a three or four-sentence description that touches upon the main points of a long book. 9. Concrete/abstract examples: Concrete words refer to tangible, qualities or characteristics, things we know through our senses. Words and phrases like "102 degrees," "obese Siamese cat," and "deep spruce green" are concrete. ABSTRACT: To excel in college, you'll have to work hard. 10. Closing sentence: The closing sentence is the last sentence in a paragraph. What does it do? It restates the main idea of your paragraph. 11. Closing paragraph: A conclusion is what you will leave with your reader. It “wraps up� your essay. It demonstrates to the reader that you accomplished what you set out to do. It shows how you have proved your thesis. 12. Re-establish thesis: Your restated thesis should use new and interesting language. After you have restated your thesis, you should not just summarize the key points of your argument.
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13. Final sentence: It means that the sentence may not be suspended and that no probation may be imposed, leaving the judge with no alternative but the "mandated" sentence.
Section 6: Template and Guidelines: Essays 1. Essays: An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument — but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Types 1. Persuasive: A persuasive definition is a form of stipulative definition which purports to describe the true or commonly accepted meaning of a term
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2. Expository: Expository writing is writing that has a purpose of explaining, informing, or describing. 3. Analytical: Analytical skill consists of categories that include logical reasoning, critical thinking, communication, research, data analysis, and creativity 4. Narrative: A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional or fictional 5. Research: Research is defined as the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, and understandings. 6. Times: The verb phrase is the primary grammatical element where time distinctions are expressed. It indicates, for example, whether an event took place in the past, present, or future. Strategies Planning Steps 1. Develop Vision and Mission.
Imagine what your paragraphs would be
2.Establish resource allocation.
Find a good resource website
3.Establish a strategic objective.
Make an object first before end result
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Work Cited
1. www.atlassian.com
2. www.purdue.edu
3. www.elearninguncovered.com
4. www.coschedule.com
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5. www.mindmeister.com
6. www.britannica.com
7. www.dictionary.com
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THANK YOU!
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