Video Games Book of Writing
By Angel Chinchilla 1
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Introduction I wrote my Book of Writing mostly in class when I wasn’t goofing around or daydreaming in class. I would try to do a portion of it at home but not a considerable amount probably because I would do the blogs or other work for different classes. Most of my inspiration or purpose of writing this book is because it seems like a good and fun opportunity to explain a topic I am genuinely interested in. And it is also a project that would effectively raise or drop my grade so you know that also persuaded me to do this book. My topic for this project is video games. It pretty much just a book that includes some characters from games or some quotes and information that I remembered or played recently while typing out the project since Mr. Rodriguez assigned the first Book of Writing assignment. It mostly comes from some hit games like Call of Duty, Overwatch, Halo, God of War, and etc. I chose this topic for primarily two reasons. The first reason is that I spend way too much time on my life at videogames and the second reason is it felt easy at the time but over time I may have thought about reconsidering my topic. 3
About the Author Hey, I am Angel Chinchilla and I pretty much learned how to write slowly but surely through school mostly. Sometimes my parents would take time out of their day to also make sure their 3 sons were learning the basics that they can teach at home like ABC and proper writing ethics. I am a 16 year old who likes to play video games so much that I procrastinate on school work just so I can play as much as I can. But I picked up a new hobby besides video games and it is working out but I don’t feel like that wouldn’t be an interesting topic so I chose video games since that is a subject I’ve been exposed to since I was a 4 year old. My first taste of video games would be when I was about 4-5 year old and my dad used to own a Xbox 360 and the only game he had at the time was Halo 3, so that was all that my brothers and I would play when he was at work. Sooner or later he got a Wii, game cube, and Nintendo 64. That was when we were introduced to more family or split-screen based games like Mario Kart, Smash Brothers, and Street Fighter. Some complications eventually happened and we lost some possessions including the Xbox 360 so my dad ended up buying a PS3 when I was 8 and I had that till it broke down when I was 10. When I turned 12 my father bought the Xbox one (2013) because of the Halo Master Chief Collection which came with the original 4 Halo games and sooner Halo 3 ODST and Halo Reach. Then when I graduated from middle school we got a gaming pc where I spend most of my time playing video games now. 4
Punctuation .Period) Dawn of War is a game based off the Warhammer 40k universe made from Games Workshop. ,Comma) Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, and Halo Reach were made from the video game developer Bungie. –EM Dash) Call of Duty Black Ops – sold 30.72 million copies – making it one of the top 5 sold game out of the franchise.
-EN Dash) The wii shop for the Nintendo wii was open and closed from 2009-2019. : Colon) The most popular Battle Royale games that are out is : Fortnite, Apex Legends, PUBG and Warzone. ; Semi-Colon) There is an organization called ESL; which stands for Electronic Sports League and they host most games for schools, private teams, and the public from time to time. ? Question Mark) How do people still have fun playing Rainbow Six Siege? ! Exclamation Mark) God of War 4 is a great single player game! ‘ Apostrophe) Steam’s points is a currency you can use to get avatars, frames and profile pictures just by completing a game's achievements. “”Quotation Marks) :"We all make choices in life, but in the end our choices make us." comes from the game called Bioshock. 5
Punctuation … Ellipses) Playing ranked on competitive games can get … [] Bracket) "The right man [the main character in the game Gordan Freeman] in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world." G-Man, Half-Life 2
()Parenthesis) There is E, T, and M (Everyone, Teen, and Mature) are the most common game ratings for targeted audiences.
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In the game pokemon for the DS or now Nintendo Switch you collect pokemon and make them
fight other pokemon to eventually become the region pokemon master/ collect as much as you can and fight strong pokemon to level your pokemon up.
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Capitalization 1.
The first word of a sentence is always capitalized. I spend most of my time playing video games.
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Capitalization of names and proper nouns The four main characters in the game Left 4 Dead are Bill, Louis, Francis, and Zoey.
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Don’t capitalize after the colon The game modes I probably hate the most in games are: free for all and team deathmatch.
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Capitalize the first word of a quote "What is better? To be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" comes from the game Skyrim Elder Scrolls V.
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Capitalize Days, Month and Holidays Overwatch has an event every year for Christmas where they give out new ingame cosmetics like skins or emotes. Also for summer and Halloween.
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Parts of Speech Types of nouns: (list three to five words of each type) · Common Nouns: name a class of people, places, things, or ideas. EX: Boat, Tank, Weapons, Magic · Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or idea (must be capitalized). EX: Kratos(God of War), Sam Fisher(Splinter Cell), Reach(Halo) , · Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. EX: Airplane, Spacemarine (Warhammer 40k), Chainsword (Warhammer 40k) · ·
Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places. EX: guns, tools, car, swords, Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes. EX: anger, patience, scheming
Functions (How nouns are used): Write one sentence for each function. · Subject (comes before the verb) Captain Price tells Soap to run the test course at the beginning of Modern Warfare. · Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom) Ryu punched Chun Li in the video game. · Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom) Kratos yells harshly to his son who disobeys him.
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PRONOUNS Pronouns take the place of nouns that have been established. Personal: Nominative (subjects) Objective (objects) Possessive I/we me/us My, mine you/you you/you Your, yours He, she, it, one/they him, her, it, one/them His, her, hers, its, one’s theirs Relative: Nominative Objective Possessive who whom whose That that of that those/ this
our, ours your, yours their,
Interrogative: who, which, what, whatever, whoever Reflexive: (personal pronouns plus the suffix –self or –selves) Used only: when the action verb is directed toward the subject of the construction:
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Reflexive: (personal pronouns plus the suffix –self or –selves) Used only: when the action verb is directed toward the subject of the construction: You can play as the Emperor himself in Star Wars BattleFront 2. I had pre ordered Total War Warhammer 3 for myself. to intensify a point: In Portal 2 the character Wheatley himself betrays you just because he had a taste of power over the entire facility. Captain Davian Thule had always asked himself “What can I do to make myself and the chapter better at battle.” Demonstrative: this, these
that, those
Indefinite: all, another, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere, few, many, much, neither, nobody, none, no one, nothing, one, other, several, somebody, someone, such.
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VERBS Verbs show the time, action, and state of being of a subject. Tense: verbs indicate time via tenses: simple past past past perfect past progressive simple present present present perfect present progressive present perfect progressive future future perfect
Types There are at least eleven (11) types of verbs: auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) linking verbs (verbs that do not describe action, but connect the subject of a sentence to other parts of the sentence – usually the predicate) lexical verbs (main verbs) dynamic verbs (indicate action) stative verbs (describe a condition) finitive verbs (indicate tense) nonfinitive verbs (infinitives or participles) regular verbs (weak verbs) irregular verbs (strong verbs) transitive verbs (verbs followed by a direct object) intransitive verbs (verbs that do not take direct objects) 11
Verbals: (VERB FORMS NOT USED AS VERBS) Gerund: word ending in “ing” used as a noun. · In Battlefield 3, at the second to the last mission your character is chuting from an Airplane over a Villa.. Participle: word ending in “ing” or “ed” used as an adjective · In Halo, at the end of the game, Master Chief is looking at the dismembered ring before sitting down and taking off his helmet. · Space Marines stare at heretics as they run away like a fleeting horde. Infinitive: verb preceded by the word “to” (to go, to jump) used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs · In For Honor most berserker players like to spam light attacks because it is too fast to try to block.
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ADVERBS Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. · Endings (Create one example related to your subject for each) Wheatley was cowardly before he gain control of the whole facility , -wards, -wise · Conversions Carefully, generously, Patiently traits for playing the commander role in “Rising Storm 2 Vietnam” · Types: Manner, Frequency, Degree, Place, Time Example Types: (Create one example each related to your subject) Manner – Genji from Overwatch is considered humble. Time –Warzone always wants to make me delete the game immediately. Place – I hate playing warzone but will willingly show up to play with friends . Degree – Commander Shepard from Modern Warfare 2 was exceptionally good work at betraying you at almost the end of the game. Frequency – I am consistently playing Warhammer: Vermintide 2 all the time on Xbox.
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CONJUNCTIONS Coordinating (FANBOYS): for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Correlative: Either/or; neither/nor; not only/but also; both/and; whether/or; as/so Subordinate: after, though as, as if, as long as, as thought, because, before, if, in order that, provided that, since, so, so that, that, though, till, unless, when, where, whereas, while Relative pronouns: who (refers to people), which (refers to nonliving object or animals), that (may refer to animals or nonliving objects)
PREPOSITIONS Prepositions link nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other parts of the sentence. Prepositions are NEVER followed by verbs. There are one-word prepositions and complex prepositions. These are some common one-word prepositions: aboard, about, above, according to, across, across from, after, against, along, alongside, alongside of, along with, amid, among, apart from, around, as, as far as, aside from, at, away from, back of, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but (except), by, by means of, concerning, despite, down, down from, except, except excluding for, for, from, from among, from between, from under, in, in addition to, in behalf of, including, in front of, in place of, in regard to, inside, inside of, in spite of, instead of, into, like, near, near to, notwithstanding, of, off, on, on account of, on behalf of, onto, on top of, opposite, out, out of, outside, outside of, over, over to, owing to, past, prior to, to, toward, under, underneath, until, unto, up, upon, up to, versus, with, within, without.
INTERJECTIONS Interjections are the final part of speech. Find and copy/paste an alphabetical list of interjections here. Aah ack agreed ah aha ahem alas all right amen argh as if away aye
I say ick is it ixnay
Bah blast boo-hoo bother boy brr by-golly bye
Jeez just a sec just kidding just wondering
Cheerio cheers chin up come on crikey curses
Kapish
dear me doggone drat duh
La la-di-dah lo long time look look here lordy
easy does it eek egads er exactly
Man meh mmm most certainly my my-my my word
fair enough fiddle-dee-dee fiddlesticks fie foo fooey G'day gadzooks gah gangway gee gee whiz geez gesundheit get lost get outta here go on good good golly good job gosh gracious great grr gulp Ha ha-ha hah hallelujah harrumph haw hee here hey hmm ho hum hoo hooray hot dog how huh hum humbug hurray huzza
Nah naw never no no can do no thanks no way nooo not nuts Oh oh no oh-oh oho okay okey-dokey om oof ooh oopsey over oy oyez
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Peace pew pff phew pish posh psst ptui Quite Rah rats ready right right-on roger roger-that rumble Say see ya shame shh shoo shucks sigh sleep tight snap sorry sssh sup Ta ta-ta ta-da take that tally ho tch thanks there there there time out toodles touche tsk tsk-tsk tut tut-tut Ugh uh uh-oh um ur urgh very nice very well voila vroom Wah well well done well, well what whatever whee when whew whoa whoo whoopee whoops whoopsy why word wow wuzzup Ya yea yeah yech yikes yippee yo yoo-hoo you bet you don't say you know yow yum yummy Zap zounds zowie zzz
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Essays Essay
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Persuasive (Argumentative) -An essay is a set of paragraphs organized A persuasive essay is used to state your personal opinion on a topic and to persuade the reader to think like you or be on your side on the into the introduction paragraph, the body topic. paragraphs, and the conclusion paragraph. Expository (Informative) Depending on the topic or prompt you are Definition or Description Process (How-to) given, usually you want to give your thesis Compare and Contrast then the subjects you will be discussing to Cause and Effect support your thesis statement. Then the Analytical/Critical conclusion I usually reword my introduction Evaluative paragraph into making it sound how a Interpretive conclusion should sound. Narrative (Tells a story) Personal Statement/Anecdote Research Timed Document Based Question (DBQ) Synthesis
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Strategies/Planning Tips/Steps – For the introduction you want to break it down into a sentence of what you're writing. Then make your thesis statement. After that I state what my supporting topics are. For my body paragraphs it is usually separated into what each supporting topic is or 2 supporting topics if they are brief and coincide with each other. My conclusion goes in a brief summary of the introduction and body paragraphs then my conclusion sentence. That is usually how I break down my essays. Pre-writing/Prompt Analysis/Outlining Researching/Evaluating of Sources
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Use white 8 ½ x 11” paper. Make 1 inch margins on the top, bottom, and sides. The first word in every paragraph should be indented one half inch. Indent set-off or block quotations one half inch from the left margin. Use any type of font that is easy to read, such as Times New Roman. Make sure that italics look different from the regular typeface. Use 12-point size. Double space the entire research paper, even the Works Cited page. Leave one space after periods and other punctuation marks, unless your instructor tells you to leave two spaces. (from EasyBib, MLA formatting Basics)
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All text should be double-spaced Use one-inch margins on all sides All paragraphs in the body are indented Make sure that the title is centered on the page with your name and school/institution underneath Use 12-point font throughout All pages should be numbered in the upper right hand corner The manual recommends using one space after most punctuation marks A shortened version of the title (“running head”) should be placed in the upper left hand corner (Also from Easybib, APA formatting Basics)
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