-By Noah Cabrea
Table of Contents
3 - Introduction 4 - Punctuations and Capitalizations 6 - Parts of Speech 15 - Phrase and Clauses 17- Sentences 21 - Paragraphs 25- Essays 28- About the Author
THE BREAKING BAD BOOK OF WRITING INTRODUCTION
Writing this book has been somewhat of an emotional rollercoaster when writing, yet manageable. Days where writing this book felt stressful to days where writing this book felt easy. This book was challenging my creativity as I personally see myself as uncreative. However, in the middle of writing this book, you get into the flow and just start writing. One of the biggest motivations for writing this book was the television show, Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad is a show which captivates the eyes of many watchers. It’s a show about a Chemistry teacher, named Walter White, tipping his toes into cooking crystal methamphetamine in order to raise money for medical bills and wanting a college fund for his son. While doing this, he partners up with one of his old students, named Jesse Pinkman, to go on and help sell crystal meth. One of the main reasons why I chose this show is just because of how attached I got to the show. The writing, the tensions, visuals, everything about it is nearly and if not, perfect. I got so attached to the show that my humor has started to revolve around it. Overall, I highly suggest watching this show as it demonstrates nearly perfect writing.
THE BREAKING BAD BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 1 PUNCTUATION and CAPITALIZATION Punctuation 1. [.] The period ends a sentence and helps out with abbreviations. Walter White lives with his wife and two kids. 2. , The comma switches 2 words or 2 groups of words. Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, and Gus Fring worked together to make a profitable Methamphetamine business. 3. – The Em Dash is a longer dash, about the size of an M. It is used to draw emphasis on something. The Em Dash can be used to replace a colon, commas, and other punctuations. Jesse Pinkman-Walter White’s old student-helps Walter distribute White’s goods. 4. - The En Dash is often used to hyphenate connected words. The events of Breaking Bad took place between 2008-2010. 5. : The colon is used when a definition, response, or list is going to be given out. Jessie, I need the following to finish the cook: methylamine, phenylacetone, and red phosphorus. 6. ; The semicolon only has 1 cause, it connects multiple independent clauses. The drug lords made money; the DEA remained puzzled. 7. ? A question mark ends an interrogative sentence. Jessie, why didn’t you clean out the lab? 8. ! An exclamation mark is used to end an exclamatory sentence. Jesse, Gus is dead, we won! 9. ‘ An apostrophe has many uses. With names containing “O” it can indicate “of.” In terms of punctuation, it is used to indicate possession. It is also used for contraction, or combining two words together. This can also become the quote mark. It is the single quote in a larger quote. Walter White’s pizza throw became an iconic moment in the show. 10. “ ” Quotation marks are used to quote someone’s statement. “Welcome to Los Pollos Hermanos!”
11. … The ellipsis is the 4th punctuation that can be used to end a statement. The ellipsis means that there is something that is unsaid, like a statement from a long quote. If we do not kill Gus anytime soon, we are dead... 12. [ ] The bracket is used to indicate that you added Walter White [The main meth cook] would make 200 pounds of meth in a single day. 13. ( ) The parenthesis means that something is parenthetical. It means that it might or might not be useful to know, but it’s not necessary to know. Walter White founded G.M.T (Gray Matter Technologies) which he sold very early on only for it to be a multi-billion dollar company.
14. / The Backslash indicates a choice. (and/or) Walter/Heisenberg proves to get more relentless as the show goes on. EX: Comma (used to switch words around in a list) – Capitalization – Walter White, Skyler White, Walter White Jr., and Holly White all make up the White Family. -Capitalize the first letter of the sentence. Ex: The events of Breaking bad happened only in a span of 2 years. -Capitalize Names and other Proper Nouns.Ex: Walter White lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. -Capitalize most words in a title. Ex: Jesse Pinkman was originally going to be killed off in Break Bad, but he became so beloved that he got his own movie: El Camino. EX: (Used to begin a sentence) – Unfortunately, Breaking Bad came to an end after 5 seasons.
THE BREAKING BAD BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 2 PARTS OF SPEECH NOUNS Types of nouns: ·
Common Nouns: name a class of people, places, things, or ideas. EX:
Laboratory, dealers, teacher ·
Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place,
thing, or idea (must be capitalized). EX: Albuquerque, Los Pollos Hermanos, Heisenburg ·
Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single
noun. EX: Marketplace, Railway, Daredevil ·
Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places. EX:
heater, flask, beaker ·
Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes.
EX: determination, risk-taker, anger
Functions (How nouns are used): ·
Subject (comes before the verb)
Walter White spoke to Jesse Pinkman about partnering up to distribute meth. ·
Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom)
Jesse asked Walter White where the meth was going to be distributed. ·
Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom)
Walter White gave the meth to Jesse in the RV van
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 who
Objective
Possessive
whom
whose
That
that
of that
those/ this 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: Walter White names himself Heisnburg in order to stay confidential. Skyler tries to calm herself by smoking. to intensify a point: Heisunburg himself is the danger. “We cannot distribute this meth ourselves.” Demonstrative: this, these Indefinite:
that, those
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.
VERBS Verbs show the time, action, and state of being of a subject. Tense: verbs indicate time via tenses:
simple past
simple present
present perfect
past
present
progressive
past perfect
present perfect
future
past progressive
present progressive
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)
Voice: Voice is the form of the verb that indicates how it relates or interacts with the action. The English language has two voices: ACTIVE and PASSIVE. Active: The DEA got a lead at the apartments (DEA are the subject) Passive: The abundance of meth has brought fear to the DEA.
Verbals: (VERB FORMS NOT USED AS VERBS) Gerund: word ending in “ing” used as a noun. ·
Hank loves researching different types of minerals
Participle: word ending in “ing” or “ed” used as an adjective ·
Walter White tried to kill Gus at the parking lot.
·
Mrs. Marks carefully drove past the deserted school.
Infinitive: verb preceded by the word “to” (to go, to jump) used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs ·
Walter White loves to make money from meth.
ADJECTIVES Adjectives modify, describe, limit, and identify nouns and pronouns. ·
Kinds: Demonstrative, Common, Proper
This, Scary, American
ADVERBS Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. ·
Endings Jessie and Walter White had sneakily stolen tons of methylamine from the
strain. –ly, -wards, -wise ·
Conversions (Anxiously, surprisingly, frighteningly)
·
Types: Manner, Frequency, Degree, Place, Time
Example Types: (Create one example each related to your subject) Manner - Walter White went to his barrels of money quickly. (How did he answer?) Time – Hank found out who Hiesenburg was and left immediately. (When will he leave?) Place – Walter White frequently showed up to cook meth. Degree – Todd’s way of cooking meth was horribly unacceptable compared to Walter’s meth. (How good is he?) Frequency – Gus Fringo was constantly disappointed in Jessie’s habits. (How often is he pleasant?)
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.
Transitions of Logic Chart
Addition
Milder
Stronger
a further
further
and
furthermore
and then
moreover
then
in addition
also
additionally
too
besides
next
again
another
equally important
Comparison
other
first, second
nor
finally, last
just as ... so too
similarly
a similar
comparable
another... like
in the same way likewise
Contrast
but
however
yet
still
and yet
nevertheless
still
on the other hand
otherwise
on the contrary
or
even so
though
notwithstanding
but another
for all that
rather
in contrast alternatively at the same time though this may be otherwise instead nonetheless conversely
Time
then
meanwhile
now
at length
soon
presently
afterward
at last
later
finally
shortly
immediately
earlier
thereafter
recently
at that time
first, second, third
subsequently
next
eventually
before
currently
after
in the meantime
today
in the past
Purpose
tomorrow
in the future
to do this
to this end
so that
with this object for this purpose for that reason because of this in order to
Place
there
at that point
here
opposite to
beyond
adjacent to
nearby
on the other side
next to
in the front in the back
Result
so
hence
and so
therefore
then
accordingly consequently thus thereupon as a result in consequence
Example
that is
for example
specifically
for instance
in particular
an instance of this
for one thing
this can be seen in
Summary and Emphasis
in sum
in short
generally
on the whole
after all
as I said
by the way
in other words
in general
to be sure
incidentally
in fact
naturally
indeed
I hope
clearly
at least
of course
it seems
anyway
in brief
remarkably
I suppose
I think assuredly definitely without doubt for all that on the whole in any event importantly certainly
THE BREAKING BAD BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 3 PHRASES and CLAUSES Phrases – groups of words that function as a part of speech. Noun Phrase: A group of words consisting of nouns or pronouns and their modifiers that function as a noun. All of Gus’s henchmen wanted Walter White dead. Verb Phrase: A group of words consisting of verbs working together and that function as a verb. Walter White and Jesse knew that they would be working tirelessly for Gus. Prepositional Phrase: A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, and functions as an adjective or an adverb. Walter White is by far the best meth cook in the world. 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. Mr.White, a highschool chemistry teacher, started cooking meth in order to get more money for the family. Verbal Phrases: A group of words that begin with a verbal and ends with a noun. ● Gerund Phrase verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun. Walking down the side walk, Walter White ran over two dealers to save Jesse’s life. ● Participial Phrase word ending in -ing (present participle) or -ed (past participle) that functions as an adjective. Many people wanted White’s amazing blue meth. ● Infinitive Phrase verb preceded by the word “to” (to read, to study, to write) that function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. Jesse wanted to quit working with Walter W hite many times. CLAUSES Clauses – 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”)
INDEPENDENT – CAN stand alone as a complete sentence, known as a simple sentence pattern. Los Pollos Hermanos required its workers to be very hard working. 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.. ○ Walter White wisely checked what he had for the bomb. Adjective Clause: Used to modify a noun in an independent clause. Some adjective clauses begin with an introductory word: ○ The money that you wanted cost lives. Some adjective clauses begin with relative pronouns: ■ Walter White is clearly the one who is afraid of fire fights. Adverb Clause: 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. Modifying verbs: ■ Pinkman tried to escape because he was sick of being a cook.. Modifying adjectives: ■ Gus Fring seems to be more careful with who he works with than he seems to be. Modifying adverbs: ■ Jessie worked harder than Todd usually does. Relative Clauses: Dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun. ○ The student who finishes first will earn an indulgently tasty cookie. Elliptical Clauses: Adverb clauses in which part of the clause is omitted. ○ When transporting meth, Mike keeps many guns on him just in case. Essential Clauses: Clauses necessary to the meaning of the sentence. ○ The factor that motivates Walter White to cook is money. Nonessential Clauses: Clauses that are NOT necessary to the meaning of the sentence. ○ Hank Schrader, who has been in the DEA for a couple of years, finally found out who the chef cook was.
THE BREAKING BAD BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 4 SENTENCES Sentence – a set of words that contains a subject and a predicate and conveys a statement, command, question, or an exclamation.
Sentence Parts Subject – what/who the sentence is about Gus Fring carefully worked with Walter White with meth. Predicate – what the subject does Gus Fring carefully worked with Walter White with meth.
Sentence Types Declarative – a sentence that makes a statement (ends with a period mark) Better to do something fun than to rot away from cancer. Imperative – a sentence that makes a command (ends with a period mark) Show us how to make the blue ice now. Interrogative – a sentence that asks a question (ends with a question mark) Why would you do such a thing to Hank?
Exclamatory – a sentence that expresses great emotion, passion, excitement (ends with an exclamation mark) Yeah bitch! Magnets!
Sentence Patterns Simple Sentence: A sentence that is just one independent clause. Walter White Blew up his sports car. Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses, but no dependent clauses - connected by FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions) or a semicolon (;). Cooking 200 pounds of blue ice takes a lot of time, but it can be done with the help of Jessie. Complex Sentence: A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Walter Worked with Gus Fring because he wanted to make more money.. Complex-Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Whether you want to cook or not, most blue ice gets shipped, but the blue ice brings in the green.
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. Cooking meth will get you in trouble at one point, no matter how hard you try.. 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. No matter how hard you try to not get yourself killed, drug dealing will get you killed. 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. Walter white and Jesse Pinkman gather the ingredients, cook the meth, and sell it on the streets to make money. 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.
Skyler spends the day running a car wash while laundering money from Walter White’s business. Chiasmus: A sentence that includes a repetition of ideas (words, phrases, or clauses) in inverted (reversed) order - this sentence requires symmetry. Walter White revolutionized the meth business and it wouldn’t be as popular if it wasn’t for him. Asyndeton: A sentence that leaves out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Jessie has experienced pain, suffering, slavery, torture. Polysyndeton: A sentence that uses multiple conjunctions in close proximity to each other between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Hank has experienced lies and trauma and confusion, and most importantly, manipulation from Heisenburg himself. 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 attention. For many people, drug dealing is a dangerous, irresponsible thing to do, some see it as a way to gain money to live a luxurious life, yet Walt sees it as a way to help pay Walter White’s Jr. college admission. Epistrophe: A sentence featuring several phrases or clauses ending with the same word or words. Walter White gains money from meth, his mind is constant thoughts of meth, many people want White’s incredible pure meth, but yet his death may be because of meth.
Sentence Errors Run-On/Rambling/Fused Sentence – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly without punctuation. Walter White wanted more time to cook 200 pounds of blue ice they needed to be the highest quality he was ultimately denied. [WRONG] Walter White wanted more time to cook 200 pounds of blue ice because they needed to be the highest quality but he was ultimately denied.[RIGHT] Comma Splice – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly using commas
Jesse wanted to escape slavery from the neo nazis, he was sick of being their cook slave, he couldn’t do nothing. [WRONG] Jesse wanted to escape slavery from the neo nazis. He was sick of being their cook slave, he couldn’t do anything. [RIGHT]
Fragment – incomplete sentence pieces that are not connected to or do not form an independent clause Because there was no methanol. [WRONG] Because there was no methanol, Walter, Jesse, and Todd raided a train and stole some. [RIGHT] 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 At the apartments, Walter gave a sample of meth to Tuco that was the highest quality he has ever seen. [WRONG] At the apartments, Walter gave Tuco a sample of meth that was the highest quality he has ever seen. [RIGHT] Double Negative – combining two or more negative words in a sentence in a way that is supposed to produce a positive force Gus Fring assumed that it wouldn’t do him no good to put trust on Jessie, a drug addict at the time. [WRONG] Gus Fring assumed that it wouldn’t do him any good to put trust on Jessie, a drug addict at the time. [RIGHT]
THE BREAKING BAD BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 5
PARAGRAPHS Paragraphs – a group of sentences that together convey a shared purpose structured around the same topic. 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. Imagine yourself in a situation of financial distress. You are diagnosed with lung cancer and have been given 2 years to live. Not only that, you have a family of 2, a wife, a son with a challenge, and a baby that's expected to be born soon. You are also gifted with the knowledge of chemistry. What do you do in this situation? Well, In Walter White’s case, he uses this knowledge to enter a new world of business, cooking methamphetamine. Query Based (Question that brings the reader to the topic - avoid second person POV “you”) Ex. Was Walter White’s actions justifiable in the story of Breaking Bad? 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) Assertion (claim - a subject + a “so what” about the subject) Ex. Jesse Pinkman did not deserve the pain he was forced to go through. Fact (empirically verifiable but often difficult to argue extensively about - better used as evidence to support a claim) Ex. Walter White has a dark side of him which he calls himself, “Heisenberg.” Opinion (personal position on a topic)
Ex. Jesse is the best character of the show. 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 judgement) Ex. It is morally ok for Walter White to cook meth in order to gain money for his family. 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. Mike always seems to be getting out of danger when matters look grim. Document Based (cites a specific source, author, and position on a topic) Ex. According to Vince Gilligan, Creator of Breaking Bad, he stated that Jesse Pinkman was originally going to be killed off in the first season. This turned out to be false as he became a beloved character in the show and even getting his own movie years later. Theory (a statement that can be tested and potentially proven - often answers a research question) Ex. Walter White survived the bullet wounds in the last episode of Breaking Bad. 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 – this could be several sentences long) Ex. Vince GIlligance pays very much attention to little details in order to give more life to the Breaking Bad universe. (purpose of thesis)
Body Paragraphs (must have echoes of the thesis in each AND present evidence to support or expand on the thesis) 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) Ex. Surprisingly, the directors of Breaking Bad were very careful on minor details that hint at future events or reference past events of the show. (Now every sentence in this paragraph must be related to the connection between Breaking Bad and minor details about the show.) Presenting Evidence from Quotations (quotes should NEVER be used as individual sentences – quotes should be embedded within sentences)
ORIGINAL QUOTE – “Breaking Bad has become one of Television’s most popular shows.” (Schlosser 73). Ex. Several viewers agree, “Breaking Bad has become one of Television’s most popular shows.” Ex. “Breaking Bad has become one of Television’s most popular shows in history” according to many critics. Ex. Unfortunately for The Walking Dead fans, “Breaking Bad has become one of Television’s most popular shows.,” according to critics. Ex. Unfortunately for competitors, “Breaking Bad has become one of Television’s most beloved shows.” Ex. Unfortunately for patrons, “Breaking Bad has become one of Television’s most beloved shows.” Examining the Evidence 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 – “Breaking Bad is one of the top 50 shows of all time” (IMBd). Ex. PARAPHRASE – Breaking bad has become one of fans most beloved shows, ranking top 50 in popularity. (Schlosser 73). Summarizing (condensing larger quotes or sections - useful for closing the examination of the quote/evidence and transitioning to your analysis of the quote) ORIGINAL QUOTE –“Breaking Bad is one of the top 50 shows of all time” (IMBd). Ex. SUMMARY – Breaking Bad is popular. 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. People might stop watching Breaking Bad if the story was not good. Concrete Examples (actual examples that do refer to a source – useful for enhancing your analysis of the quote) Ex. According to IMBd, an open rating platform for fans on many different shows, Breaking Bad got 39th place on the most popular category for TV shows,
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) Ex. Overall, Breaking Bad has soared in ratings to capture the attention of many viewers.
Closing Paragraphs (Conclusions – should not be mere summaries of the previous paragraphs of your essay) Consequences of Disregarding the Thesis (establishing the potential consequences of disregarding the implications of the thesis – CREATING A COUNTERARGUMENT – could be one or more sentences) Ex. If Breaking Bad wasn’t as popular as it is now, it wouldn't have shaped the cultures of many viewers. Statement(s) of Extension (extending the consequences of disregarding the implications of the thesis – could be one or more sentences) Ex. As such, the popularity of Breaking Bad has shaped the cultures of many viewers, making them gather together and talk about the show for days to come. Reestablishing the Significance of the Thesis (could be one or more sentences) Ex. Overall, the popularity of Breaking Bad is more than just the culture and fandom it built - It was the inspiration of many TV shows. Final Sentence (closing statement that connects to the hook and finishes the essay (finish your argument) – the “Smoky the Bear”/”Drop the mic”/dot dot dot moment…) Ex. With all the information given, what TV show can top Breaking Bad?
THE BREAKING BAD BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 6 ESSAYS Essays – A piece of writing that can be based on various subjects. There can be many different types of essays, such as persuasive, expository, analytical, critical, researched, or timed essays. Types – Persuasive (Argumentative) A persuasive essay uses evidence reasoning and reasoning in order to convince the reader on something for a particular subject. Expository (Informative) Definition or Description Process (How-to) Compare and Contrast Cause and Effect An Expository essay is an essay in which goes into detail about a certain topic. It is usually used to inform the readers of that particular topic. Analytical/Critical Evaluative Interpretive An Analytical/Critical essay goes into detail with a claim on a certain topic. It is used to evaluate one's understanding on a topic. Narrative (Tells a story) Personal Statement/Anecdote A narrative tells a story on a theme. These narratives can be first or third person. These essays can usually be written open ended which can usually garner creativity. Research
A research essay can be on a topic with the research done by you. The main purpose of this essay is to compile a body of text related to a topic done by the writer.
Timed Document Based Question (DBQ) Synthesis Usually done for testing purposes, a timed essay is used to test the writer's ability to write on a specific topic with a limited amount of time. Strategies/Planning Tips/Steps – Pre-writing/Prompt Analysis/Outlining This is how I like to outline my essays -Mentally picture how you want your paragraph formatted. This can be done quickly, and most importantly, doesn’t have to be final. Once I have an idea how I want my paragraphs outlined, I write it down. -Related to the topic, think about how you want your body paragraphs to be formatted. For example, is paragraph 2 going to be supportive of the thesis statement, or against it? Again, these thoughts are not final. Researching/Evaluating of Sources - Always research your topic before writing. Check to see if the website would strengthen your type of essay. -Check how liable the sources are. Are they reliable, trustworthy, unbiased? Use the CRAAP or Raven test. See also how useful the website will be in writing your essay. Work Cited Page – Explain and give an example of how to set up a works cited entry in both MLA and APA formats - there are subtle differences between each format, so be sure to identify them clearly.
MLA Format You have to format MLA in the following order : Author’s last name, First name, Title of source with quotation, other contributors, version, numbers, publisher, publish date, and location.
Trumbore, Dave, (9255 Articles Published) . “Breaking Bad:
Fact-Checking the Science of Breaking Bad: From Fulminated Mercury to Felina.” Collider, 26 Sept. 2013,https://collider.com/breaking-bad-science-fact-checking/
APA Format You have to format APA in the following order : Author’s surname, Initials, Date published, Title of source, location of publisher, publisher, and location Trumbore, D., & Dave Trumbore (9255 Articles Published) . (2013, September 26).
Breaking bad: Fact-checking the science of breaking bad: From fulminated Mercury to felina. Collider. Retrieved December 2, 2021, from https://collider.com/breaking-bad-science-fact-checking
THE BREAKING BAD BOOK OF WRITING ABOUT THE AUTHOR
My name is Noah Ray Cabrera, a 16-year-old Junior student attending Bravo Medical Magnet Highschool. I was born here in California and grew up around this area. I am Latino with a family only really consisting of my Mom, Dad, and two brothers. My family doesn't really branch out further than that. I strive for the best grades I possibly can while trying to keep myself sane. I currently have gotten straight A's since 6th grade and I am hoping to maintain that streak. I want to go into the medical field, though I'm not really sure what field I specifically want to go into yet. After volunteering for Keck USC over the summer, I kind of want to go into a field where I can assist patients. Nursing or occupational therapy are some I was considering. I was also thinking of going into biomedical engineering, though I am undecided. I am also a big nerd when it comes to computers. I love learning about technology and I really want to put more time into it when the opportunity is given. I am also a big nerd for the Marvel movies so I'd love to talk about it with someone who probably has the same interest. Where I believe that I started learning to write was in either Preschool or Kindergarten way back in elementary school. It was basic writing like describing a picture or connecting the dots. I remember that in 2nd grade was when we actually started writing paragraphs. We would read short stories and write out our responses on a piece of paper. I wasn't good at it and I even had a conference about it. In 5th grade, I learned how to write more properly, though it was not always the best. I had struggled a lot more in English compared to any other subject. Where I think I really evolved and learned how to write an essay was in 7th and 8th grade. Both of those years, I had a teacher named Mr.Bowerbank. He had taught us how to write in a story format, how to write argumentative essays, and so on. I feel like the information that he has taught me has influenced the way I write since I always refer to his methods of writing. I've used it almost all years in high school and even in my sociology class in ELAC. In that class, I had to write an 8 page paper on how society shaped me and I got a perfect score on it.