SOUTHWRITINGBOOKPARKOF ByDarienCadena
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 2 Abouttheauthor 3 Dedication 4 Punctuation&Capitalization 5-7 Partsofspeech 8-17 PhrasesandClauses 18-20 Sentences 21-25 Paragraphs 26-29 Essays 30-31
South Park. I chose this topic because South Park is probably one of my favorite shows. It's a really funny show, so writing about it was quite exciting. I also like how much the show has advanced, for example, in the beginning seasons the characters wouldn't show as much emotion and kind of looked stiff. Over time it has improved, now the characters move a lot more and look less as if they are looking straight at the audience.
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Introduction
ThisisthefirstbookIhaveeverwrittenandsofar I believe I have done a good job. This book is supposed to help with the improvement of anyone's writing. How to perfect topics such as punctuation, grammar, essays, paragraphs, etc will be explained. WHile writing this book it was fun coming up with examplesusingthetopicofmybook.ThetopicofthebookIchoseis
My name is Darien Cadena, I am 16 years old and I'm a junior. I like to go out with my friends and explore places we've never been to before. I'm a huge cat lover. Right now I have a tabby cat and a white/ black cat, but we used to have so much more. Dogs are cool too. I kind of just recently got a German Shepherd/ Akita mix. One of my favorite shows is Erased. I could watch this show many times and not get bored of it. My favorite movie is This is the End, I recommend it. I can't remember when I started writing, but I know my brother helped me out when I was barely learning. I was told I was starting off writing with my left hand until my family got me more used to the right. Middle school helped a lot in improving my writing. In 7th grade we had to write a story about really anything we can come up with, it was fun coming up with random ideas for my story. I enjoy writing when I’m writing about something I'm passionate about. My 8th grade teacher, Mrs. Agnello, was great in helping me improve my writing. She helped me realize what I need to improve on and what I have strong skills in.
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About the author
Dedication I dedicate this to my little brother 4
Punctuation & Capitalization (1)Punctuationexamplesentence of the usage for each mark. 1. Period (.): Used at the end of a sentence Ex: Randy Marsh is Lorde. 2. Comma (,) :Used to switch words around in a list Ex: There was a lice outbreak in South Park Elementary, so all the student’s hair was checked. 3. EM dash (–) : Used to set off extra information Ex: Kyle refused to swim in the — really dirty— waterpark slides. 4. EN dash (-): Used to show ranges in numbers or dates Ex: South Park has so far been on since 1997-2021. 5. Colon (:) Used to present new, information or dialogue Ex: The Southpark residents did not expect what was coming: The Pandemic Special 6. Semicolon (;) Used to link two independent clauses Ex: Eric Cartman believed he was able to jump 30 homeless people on his skateboard; He was unable to do this. 5
11. Ellipses ( . . .) Something that is unsaid
Ex: Randy knew he had to come out one day and expose his true identity… Lorde.
Ex: Butters described, “And so then, the terminator secretly had a kid ten years ago, meaning the terminator could be his own father and then Skeletor gets angry and wants to fight him”!
12. Brackets [] :Used when you want to add something into a quote
Ex: I can't believe Kenny couldn't afford a bird scooter!
Ex: Why didn’t Kenny want his parents to have another kid? Exclamation mark (!) : Used to emphasize a strong feeling
13. Parenthesis ( ) Used to enclose information or comments
Ex: Kenny (and his poor family) were accused of carrying lice!
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Ex: Eric Cartman passionately exclaimed, “The school has gone too far [Not true] and it affects each and every one of you!”.
7. Question (?) : Used to end an interrogative sentences, question mark
Ex: Eric Cartman’s weight has begun to concern all the Southpark residents.10.Quotation marks (“ ” ): Used to quote something
9. Apostrophe (‘): Used to show possession, omission of letters, and indicate plurals
14. Backslash / USed in decisions Ex: Either Principal Victoria and/or Kyle Broflovski, believed Eric Cartman did not actually have tourettes Capitalizationsyndrome.Rules1.Capitalizethefirst word of a sentence - Cartman is very mean. 2. Capitalize names and other proper nouns - South Park Elementary has a group of troublesome 4th graders 3. Don't capitalize after a colon (usually) - The Southpark residents did not expect what was coming: the Pandemic Special 4. Capitalize the first word of a quote - BUtters stotch claims, “Wow I am hung like a horse!”. 5. Capitalize days, months, and holidays - Wendy TEstaburger is born on DEcember 18, right around CHristmas. 6. Capitalize most words in titles - The Terrance and Phillip show is very bad for young children. 7. Capitalize cities, languages and nationalities - Tuong Lu Kim speaks Chinese and English, he suffers from DID. 8. Capitalize time periods and events - He really wanted to attend the U2 concert at the Forum. 7
Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. Handshake, greenhouse, toothpick, toothbrush, pancake Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places. Phone, music, oranges, headphones, ice cube
Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or idea (must be capitalized). South Park Elementary, Southpark mall, 4th graders, Colorado, Seth Rogen
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Functions (How nouns are used):
Subject (comes before the verb)
Ex: Principal Victoria warned Cartman to quit pulling pranks.
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Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom)
Ex: Butters left Cartman to freeze to death at the top of the mountain.
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NOUNS (Types of nouns): Common Nouns: name a class of people, places, things, or ideas. Elementary school, mall, cafeteria, cats, monkeys
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Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom)
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Parts of Speech
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Ex: Cartman was warned by Principal Victoria to stop pulling pranks.
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Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes. Pessimism, hope, faith, honor, thrill
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the action verb is directed toward the subject of the construction: to intensify a point: The coordinator himself delivered the speech. Even though it was hard work, “I can finish the job myself” the student thought. when the action verb is directed toward the subject of the construction: He bought himself a bag of candy for halloween. She named herself a new name. to intensify a point: The teacher himself brought his own equation to the classroom. Although it was a struggle to come up with this equation, “My students will know the correct way to measure,” thought the teacher.
PRONOUNS Pronouns take the place of nouns that have been established. Personal: Nominative (subjects) Objective (objects) I/we me/us you/you you/you He, she, it, one/they him, her, it, one/them Possessive My, mine our, ours Your, yours your, yours His, her, hers, its, one’s their, theirs Relative: Nominative Objective Possessive who whom whose That that of that those/ this Interrogative: who, which, what, whatever, whoever Reflexive: (personal pronouns plus the suffix –self or –selves)
VERBS
via tenses simple past pastpast perfect past futurefuturepresentpresentpresentpresentsimpleprogressivepresentperfectprogressiveperfectprogressiveperfect
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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)
transitive verbs (verbs followed by a direct object) intransitive verbs (verbs that do not take direct objects)
Verbs show the time, action, and state of being of a verbs indicate time
subject. Tense:
lexical verbs (main verbs) dynamic verbs (indicate action) stative verbs (describe a condition) infinitive verbs (indicate tense) infinitive verbs (infinitives or participles) regular verbs (weak verbs) irregular verbs (strong verbs)
ACTIVE and PASSIVE.
word ending in “ing” used as a noun.
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Active: The kids are happy to be eating the chocolate bars.
Infinitive: verb preceded by the word “to” (to go, to jump) used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs to pretend he is an evil genius.
Gerund:
Verbals: (VERB FORMS NOT USED AS VERBS)
Ex: Due to the strict rules, the employees had to always stay in character and seem one hundred percent interested in their roles.
Voice: Voice is the form of the verb that indicates how it relates or interacts with the action. The English language has two voices:
Ex: While looking around for food, the group of survivors noticed the “homeless” invasion was terrifying.
Participle: word ending in “ing” or “ed” used as an adjective
Ex: Mr. Garrison enjoys guiding his students into new lessons with his puppet, Mr. Hat.
Passive: The chocolate bars have brought the kids happiness.
·“Educationally”)ConversationallyTypes:Manner,Frequency,
Adjectives modify, describe, limit, and identify nouns and pronouns.
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Degree, Place, Time Example Types: (Create one example each related to your subject)
Endings (Create one example related to your subject for each)–ly, -wards, -wise Cartman ran away from his dilemma cowardly.
Conversions (Show how three words related to your subject adverbs – Example: “Educational” becomes
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Kinds: Demonstrative, Common, Proper Demonstrative: This new IPad has brought competition between students. ADVERBS Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
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Manner – In order to go through with his act, he spoke accordingly. Time – Cartman felt as though the release date for the Wii kept extending. Place – Kyle found Cartman at the crack baby hospital! Degree – Lorde is one of the greatest artists of the year! Her lyrics inspire people everywhere. Frequency – Cartman does not regularly obey his mother. 12
ADJECTIVES
CONJUNCTIONS
PREPOSITIONS
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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(referstopeople),which(referstonon living object or animals), that (may refer to animals or nonlivingobjects)
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.
Coordinating (FANBOYS): for,and,nor,but,or,yet,so
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INTERJECTIONS
Interjections are the final part of speech.
A- Aah, Ack, Agreed, Ah, Aha, Ahem, Alas, all right, Amen, Argh, As if, Aw, Ay, Aye B- Bah, Blast, boo hoo, Brother, Boo, Brr, by golly, bye C- Cheerio, cheers, chin up, come on , crikey , curses D- dear me, Doggone, Drat, duh E- easy does it, Eek, egads, er, exactly F- fair enough, Fiddle-dee-dee, Fiddlesticks, Fie, Foo, fooey G- 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 H- Ha, Ha-ha, Hah, Hallelujah, Harrumph, Haw, Hee, Here, Hey, Hmm, ho hun, Hoo, Hooray, hot dog, How, Huh, Hum, Humbug, Hurray, huzza I- I say, Ick, is it, ixnay J- Jeez, just a sec, just kidding, just wondering K- kapish L- La, La-di-dao, Lo, long time, Look, look here, lordy M- Man, Meh, Mmm, most certainly, My, my my, my word N- Nah, Naw, Never, No, no can do, no thanks, no way, Nooo, Not, Nuts O- Oh, oh no, Oh-o, Oh, Okay,Okey-dokey, Om, Oo, Oo?Oopsey, Over, Oy, Oyez P- Peace, Pew, Pff, Phew, pish posh, Psst, ptui Q- quite R- Rah, Rats, Ready, Right, right on, Roger , roger that, rumble S- Say, see ya, Shame, Shh, Shoo, Succks, Sigh, sleep tight, Snap, Sorry, Sssh, sup T-, Ta, ta ta, Ta-da, take that, tally ho, Tch, Thanks, There, there there, time out, Toodles, Touche, Tsk, Tsk-tsk, Tut, Tut-tut
U- Ugh, Uh, Uh-oh, Um, Ur, urgh V- very nice, very well, Voila, vroom W- Wah, Well, well done, Well,well, What, Whatever, Whee, When, Whew, Whoa, Whoo, Whoopee, Whoops, Whoopsy, Why, Word, Wow, Wuzzup Y- Ya, Yea, Yeah, Yech, Yikes, Yippee, Yo, Yoo-hoo, you bet, you don't say, you know, Yow, Yum, yummy Z- Zap, Zounds, Zowie,zzz Transitions of Logic Chart Milder Stronger Addition a norotheranothernexttooalsothenandandfurtherthen finally,first,equallyagainbesidesadditionallyinmoreoverfurthermorefurtheradditionimportantsecondlast Comparison just as ... so too a another...similar like incomparablesimilarlythesameway likewise Contrast andyetbut yet ratherbutthoughorotherwisestillanother converselynonethelessinsteadotherwisethoughatalternativelyinfornotwithstandingevenononneverthelessstillhowevertheotherhandthecontrarysoallthatcontrastthesametimethismaybe 15
Time first,recentlyearliershortlylaterafterwardsoonnowthensecond, third tomorrowtodayafterbeforenext ininincurrentlyeventuallysubsequentlyatthereafterimmediatelyfinallyatpresentlyatmeanwhilelengthlastthattimethemeantimethepastthefuture Purpose to do this so that to this end with this object for this purpose for that inbecausereasonofthisorderto Place nextnearbybeyondherethereto at that onadjacentoppositepointtototheother side in the front in the back Result andso thenso inasthereuponthusconsequentlyaccordinglythereforehencearesultconsequence 16
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Phrases & Clauses
Verb Phrase: A group of words consisting of verbs working together and that function as a verb.
Ex: Skating over barely one bum, Cartman lies and claims he has skated successfully over 30 bums.
Noun Phrase: A group of words consisting of nouns or pronouns and their modifiers that function as a noun.
Ex: To deal with Eric Cartman’s behavior, his mother called Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer.
Appositive Phrase: A group of words that include all the words that modify an appositive and function as an adjective - IT MUST BE SURROUNDED BY COMMAS.
Ex: Randy Marsh, an undercover pop star, had finally found his true self. Verbal Phrases: A group of words that begin with a verbal and ends with a noun.
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Ex: The 4th grade students of South Park had the opportunity of going on a field trip to”Pioneer Village” a living Museum.
Phrases – groups of words that function as a part of speech.
Prepositional Phrase: A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, and functions as an adjective or an adverb.
● Gerund Phrase verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun.
Ex: While approaching the abandoned museum, Cartman and the Otters quickly fled.
Ex: The employees at “Pioneer Village” were unable to break character no matter what.
Ex: Cartman was desperate to buy tickets to get into Super Phun Thyme.
● Infinitive Phrase verbs preceded by the word “to” (to read, to study, to write) that function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
● Participial Phrase word ending in -ing (present participle) or -ed (past participle) that functions as an adjective.
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DEPENDENT (SUBORDINATE) – CANNOT stand alone as a complete sentence and MUST begin with a SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION. There are seven (7) kinds: Noun Clause: Used as the noun in a sentence and may function as a subject, a predicate noun, a direct object, an object of a preposition, an indirect object, or an appositive.
INDEPENDENT – CAN stand alone as a complete sentence, known as a simple sentence pattern. Ex: Nanny Stella is sent over to correct Eric’s behavior!
– groups of words with BOTH a subject and a verb that function as parts of speech. There are TWO kinds: Independent and Dependent (called “Subordinate”)
CLAUSESClauses
Ex: - Reasons for his misbehavior was due to his mother - When he was a baby he was spoiled rotten which explains why Cartman is the way he is now.
Adjective Clause: Used to modify a noun in an independent clause. Some adjective clauses begin with an introductory word: Ex: Clyde the frog is a plush that Cartman absolutely adores. Some adjective clauses begin with relative pronouns: Ex: Wendy Testaburger was a girl who would make Stan Marsh so nervous he would throw up.
Modifying adjectives: Ex: Kyle Broflovski was as Jersyan as the folks from Jersey Shore. Modifying adverbs:
Modifying verbs:
Ex: Cartman is the one who introduced Butters to selling weird actions.
Relative Clauses: Dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun.
Ex: Token was Cartman’s biggest fear because of a dream he had.
Ex: When driving, South Park students prefer adults to keep their eye on the road.
Essential Clauses: Clauses necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
Ex: Mr. Garrison, a transgender female, is in charge of teaching the classs of 4th graders.
Used to modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in an independent clause, introduced by a subordinate conjunction and used to indicate time, place, cause, purpose, result, condition, and/or concession.
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Adverb Clause:
Elliptical Clauses: Adverb clauses in which part of the clause is omitted.
Ex: The students needed a lice check up due to the lice outbreak in class. Nonessential Clauses: Clauses that are NOT necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
Ex: Randy Marsh was determined to make Crème Fraîche as deliciously as the show made it out to be.
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Sentences
Subject – what/who the sentence is about
I don't think Eric Cartman is a nice person.
Imperative – a sentence that makes a command (ends with a period mark) I want Cartman to try to act nicer. – a sentence that asks a question (ends with a question mark) - Why wouldn’t you want to be a kind person?
Sentence – a set of words that contains a subject and a predicate and conveys a statement, command, question, or an exclamation.
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– a sentence that makes a statement (ends with a period mark)
The 4th grade students impatiently waited until the police came to rescue them! Predicate – what the subject does
All that effort is greatly appreciated, thank you for sharing Cartman!
Interrogative
Sentence Parts
The 4th grade students impatiently waited until the police came to rescue them!
Sentence DeclarativeTypes
Exclamatory – a sentence that expresses great emotion, passion, excitement (ends with an exclamation mark)
Drunk driving is never the way to go, lots of innocent children have lost their lives due to this issue.
Simple Sentence: A sentence that is just one independent clause. - Randy Marsh enjoys watching cooking shows.
Cartman made up a lie with bad intentions, yet it led to world
Complexpeace!Sentence: A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. - As time goes on, Cartman's body gradually freezes.
Complex-Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. After he left, Christmas time was not the same, so he had to become the hero they never thought they needed.
Sentence Patterns
Periodic Sentence: A sentence in which the independent clause is given at the end of the sentence in order to create interest or generate suspense with the main point coming at the end. - Lots of innocent children have lost their lives due to this issue, drunk driving is never the way to go.
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Loose Sentence: A sentence that contains an independent clause plus a subordinate construction (either a clause or phrase) with your main point at the beginning. -
Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses, but no dependent clauses - connected by FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions) or a semicolon (;). -
Polysyndeton: A sentence that uses multiple conjunctions in close proximity to each other between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Southpark is usually described as offensive and vulgar and inconsiderate.
Balanced Sentence: A sentence where phrases or clauses at the beginning and the end parallel each other by virtue of their likeness of structure, meaning, or length - this sentence requires symmetry.
Asyndeton: A sentence that leaves out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Southpark is usually offensive, vulgar, inconsiderate.
Parallel Structure: A sentence using the same pattern of two or more verbs or ideas that match in tense or structure to show that they are of equal importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written - this sentence requires symmetry.ThisChristmas
the joy of Christmas in South Park, although drinking has led to many accidents the residents cannot live without it, due to drinking being banished Christmas has been ruined!
Anaphora: A sentence that features the purposeful repetition of a word, words, or a phrase at the beginning of several successive clauses in order to place emphasis and draw
Chiasmus: A sentence that includes a repetition of ideas (words, phrases, or clauses) in inverted (reversed) order - this sentence requires symmetry. Cartman loves making fun of Kyle and Kyle hates Cartman.
Santa has taken away instead of giving, taken their smiles, their joy, and their laughter
Cartman makes fun of every student and every other student decides it okay to make fun of Cartman.
Epistrophe: A sentence featuring several phrases or clauses ending with the same word or words.
The New Jerseyans who were born in New Jersey, were nothing compared to those who were simply conceived in New Jersey, yet being around people born in New Jersey can bring out the inner Jersey in those just conceived in New Jersey.
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Cartman Kyle Stan Kenny dedicated 3 months of their life, to defeat the evil player in World of Warcraft who keeps killing their avatar.
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WRONG:Kyle underwent surgery to RIGHT:Kyle underwent surgery in order to be better at basketball and make the team.
Sentence Errors: Run-On/Rambling/Fused Sentence – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly without punctuation. -
Cartman Kyle Stan Kenny dedicated 3 months of their life to defeat the evil player in World of Warcraft who keeps killing their avatas. -
Comma Splice – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly using commas
WRONG: Cartman had continuous bad dreams about Token, and an apocalypse, because of this he was unable to be around Token.
RIGHT: Cartman had continuous bad dreams about Token and an apocalypse. He was unable to be around Token.
Fragment – incomplete sentence pieces that are not connected to or do not form an independent clause
WRONG: The whole 4th grade class didn't want no RIGHT:lice. The whole 4th grade class didn't’ want any lice.
Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers – modifiers are words, phrases, or clauses that add description; a misplaced modifier describes the wrong part of a sentence and a dangling modifier is missing the part it’s supposed to modify
WRONG: Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer, in a rough way nudged Eric Cartman.
Double Negative – combining two or more negative words in a sentence in a way that is supposed to produce a positive force
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RIGHT: Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer, nudged Eric Cartman in a rough way.
Fact (empirically verifiable but often difficult to argue extensively about - better used as evidence to support a claim)
Ex. Lorde is a pop singer and is most likely a busy person and Randy Marsh is a father of 2.
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Ex. Lorde played at Scott's birthday party. Opinion (personal position on a topic)
Thesis Statements (the purpose of a piece of writing – usually one sentence in length, but can be longer depending on the purpose – must be something that is arguable)
Paragraphs
PARAGRAPHSParagraphs–a group of sentences that together convey a shared purpose structured around the same topic.
Ex. Lorde. A 17 year old. An inspirational singer to many teenage girls and little boys such as Shelly Marsh and Butters Stotch. The lyrics to her music puts her audience into their own little world. What no one knows though, is her true identity. Randy Marsh, a geologist and a father, is unlike any other person. He loves cooking, playing Minecraft, and renovating homes. What no one knows about Randy Marsh is that he is Lorde.
Query Based (Question that brings the reader to the topicavoid second person POV “you”)
Introductory Paragraphs (Introductions)
Hook (Lead / Opening Statement) – can begin with the title Anecdotal (Brief story to set the mood and lead the reader into the topic)
Ex. How is Lorde a 45 year old man?
Assertion (claim - a subject + a “so what” about the subject)
Generalization (uses absolute or statistical pronouns: all, always, every, never, none, most, half – avoid using this type of thesis statement unless citing the source of the data)
Ex: Randy Marsh explains his formula on the size of a banana by describing the impact of the ram, girth, and the general length. This formula made people who were angry due to banana lengths much calmer.
Topic Sentences (must specifically indicate the topic of the paragraph and focus on one subject and/or area of evidence or support – could start with a “Transition of Logic” that connects to the previous paragraph to give context)
Clarification/Expansion of Thesis (could extend the thesis, preview the evidence supporting the thesis, give the purpose of thesis, establish the importance or significance of examining the intricacies of the thesis
Ex. Lorde should not be using the women’s restroom.
Ex: Additionally, a Surgeon GEneral, in a chart of banana sizes, indicates that Randy Marsh’s formula is correct.
Ex. In episode 3 season 18 of South Park, Shelly Marsh, Randy's daughter, claims he doesn't understand her like Lorde does.
Belief (social, religious, or political in nature – an opinion held by many to be a fact, though it is not necessarily factual – often involves a judgment)
Ex. Everyone doubted that the boys could pull off a party for Scott.
Ex.question)Thewriters
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Body Paragraphs (must have echoes of the thesis in each AND present evidence to support or expand on the thesis)
Theory (a statement that can be tested and potentially proven - often answers a research of South Park aim to make the show as offensive as possible.
Document Based (cites a specific source, author, and position on a topic)
Closing Sentences (must end the discussion of the topic within the paragraph with a transitional or culminating word –possibly an adverb – and should echo the thesis of the essay)
Paraphrasing (rewording of a quote into other words of the same length without quotation marks, but still citing the source - useful for examining the quote and transitioning to your analysis of the quote)
Original Quote: “The national average for banana length is moved” (South Park episode 4 season 15).
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Examining the Evidence
Ex. SUMMARY – The average banana length has been changed. Abstract Examples (hypothetical, “what if” examples that do not refer to a source – AVOID USING THEM AS EVIDENCE – but useful for examining the quote)
Ex: Banana length average has been moved. (South Park episode 4 season 15)
Original Quote: “The national average or banana length is moved” (South Park episode 4 season 15).
Ex: The anger of many COlorado residents agree agree bananas should should be measured depending depending on girth, ram, and length length.
Concrete Examples (actual examples that do refer to a source – useful for enhancing your analysis of the quote)
Ex: The national T.M.I equation, states the new average is 1.5 inches.
(quotes should NEVER be used as individual sentences – quotes should be embedded within sentences)
Summarizing (condensing larger quotes or sectionsuseful for closing the examination of the quote/evidence and transitioning to your analysis of the quote)
Ex: A surgeon general states, “The national average for banana length is moved” (South Park episode 4 season 15).
Presenting Evidence from Quotations
Ex: People will refuel if the banana length is altered again.
Ex: If the average size of a banana was 6 Inches, people would become furious.
Ex: So due to the trouble caused due to average banana sizes, the average has been altered and is now 1.5 inches.
Closing Paragraphs (Conclusions – should not be mere summaries of the previous paragraphs of your essay)
ARGUMENT – could be one or more sentences)
Reestablishing the Significance of the Thesis (could be one or more sentences)
Ex: Therefore, Randy Marsh’s formula on the size of a banana by describing the impact of the ram , girth, and the general length. The formula made people who were angry due to banana lengths much calmer
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Ex: As such, anger in colorado residents is closely connected to the past average size of a banana.
Statement(s) of Extension (extending the consequences of disregarding the implications of the thesis – could be one or more sentences)
Consequences of Disregarding the Thesis (establishing the potential consequences of disregarding the implications of the thesis – CREATING A COUNTER
Final Sentence (closing statement that connects to the hook and finishes the essay (finish your argument) – the “Smokey the Bear”/”Drop the mic”/dot dot dot moment…)
Expository (Informative): An essay that provides a clear, focused, informative, explanation of a topic, process, or set of ideas
Interpretive: Reader's understanding of a story or essay
Types –
Essays
Evaluative: Composition that offers value judgements about a particular subject according to a set of criteria
Compare and Contrast: USed to make comparisons and contrast between two things
Analytical/Critical: Evaluate a work's effectiveness including what it does well and what it does poorly.
Cause and Effect: Concerned with why thing happen (CAuse) and what happens as a result (effect)
Narrative (Tells a story): Narrative essays tell stories
Personal Statement/Anecdote: Short/ personal story about any subject about the author/ speaker wishes to deliver
Essays – A piece of writing used to present argument in response to a question or prompt, and to persuade or inform a reader
Process (How-to): To inform the reader about topic
Research: An essay where the writer explains what they have learned while collecting and analyzing data
Synthesis: A type of essay that gathers information from a variety of source to form a new idea, question, or argumentative thesis
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Persuasive (Argumentative): An essay in which a person agrees or agrees with an issue by using reasoning to support their opinion.
Document Based Question (DBQ): Documented-based essay that tests a students ability to analyze and their understanding skills.
Purpose: USed to persuade the audience by establishing a position on topic
Timed: This requires you demonstrate disciplinary knowledge by producing a writing sample within a limited time period
Strategies/Planning Tips/Steps –Pre-writing: -decide on a topic to write about - brainstorm idea about the subject - Research about your subject/ put info in your own words/PromptArgueAnalysis:present facts and reason that supports your opinion or position - Compare?: tell how two things are alike - contrast : tell how two things are different - Define: tell what something means, what it is, or what it Researching/Evaluating/Outlining:does-Introduction-Thesisstatement-Bodyparagraph-1-2-3-conclusion of Sources Work Cited Page –MLA Format: Authors last name, first name, and title of the sourceAPAFormat: authors last name and the year of publication (Gladwell, 208) 31
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