The Marvel Universe Book of writing By Cesar Fuentes
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Table of contents
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● About the author…………………………………………………... ● Dedication……………………………………………………………... ● Section 1- Punctuation and capitalization……………….. ● Section2-Parts of Speech……………………………………….. ● Section3-Phrases and Clauses………………………………… ● Section4-Sentences…………………………………………………. ● Section5-Paragraphs………………………………………………. ● Section6-Essays……………………………………………………...
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Introduction This book is for anyone who would like to improve their grammar and with a fun way to do it too. This book will help you better your grammar by understanding parts of speech , punctualization and capitalization,sentences etc. This book will have examples using characters from the Marvel Universe which i thought could be fun to learn. I hope this book will help you learn more about grammar and I hope you enjoy it.
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About the Author My name is Cesar Osiel Fuentes but some of my friends call me Osi. I'm 16 and I was born on October 1st, 2004. Some of my favorite things to do are play video games, listen to music, and hang out with friends. I personally love the Marvel Universe and my favorite characters are Spiderman and Venom. I also enjoy streaming on Twitch because I enjoy entertaining people and making them laugh.
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Dedication This book is dedication to my mom as she have helped me throughout all my life and has always encourages me to continue on with school even though this year was kinda rough and the lack of motivation really got to me she pushed and encouraged me to work hard and continue so I will continue to work hard as I am almost a senior and graduation is getting pretty close.
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PUNCTUATION and CAPITALIZATION Punctuation – Identify the function and create one (1) example sentence of the uses for each mark. 1. . Period: Tony Stark rushed into his suit to attempt to defeat the notorious villain. 2. , Comma; Peter Parker eagerly swung out his window, at the sound of the loud police sirens 3. – em dash After Thanos has collected the soul stone– the final stone of the 6– his plan was finally in motion. 4. - en dash The Hydra-Shield conflict was a ploy so Hydra could attempt to conquer the world themselves. 5. : Colon: Tony Stark had a surprise for Peter Parker when the reunited: A new suit 6. ; Semicolon: After the results of infinity war Scott Lang was stuck in the quantum realm;but a rat miraculously saved him. 7. ? interrogative Could Iron Man have been one of the people who disappeared at the end of Infinity War? 8. ! exclamatory: I absolutely despise Thanos for reversing time to obtain the soul stone from Vision right after that emotional scene! 9. ‘ Spider man’s iron spider suit is a gift from Iron man. 10. “ ” A highly recognized quote is from Uncle Ben “With great power comes great responsibility”. 11. … Captain american can never pick up Mjolnir… nevermind. 12. [ ] During end game when Captain america picks up Mjolnir [Thor's hammer] everyone was ecstatic. 13. ( ) Spider man (Peter Parker and Miles Morales) swung through the city of New York halting any crimes they stumbled across. 14. / The Avengers each contain their own unique power or his/her talent that really allows them to help defeat the villains. EX: Comma (used to switch words around in a list) – Students at Bravo can freely choose between AP World History, AP US History, AP Government, and AP European History. Capitalization – Identify and create one (1) example sentence for each rule of capitalization. 1. Please list the rules of capitalization here
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1. Capitalize the first word of a sentence: Miles Morales is having trouble understanding the ropes of a superhero. 2. Capitalize names and other proper pronouns: Scott Lang otherwise known as Ant Man ended up getting trapped in the Quantum realm. 3. Don’t capitalize after a colon (usually) Thanos was finally able to obtain his goal: Wiping out half of all existence In the Universes. 4. Capitalize the first word of a quote sometimes. One of the words Peter remembered from uncle ben will always be “With great power comes great responsibility� 5. Capitalize Days, Months, and Holidays, But not Seasons; On Sunday Peter Parker went to work his job at the Daily Bugle. 6. Capitalize Most words in a title; Spider Man Homecoming is one of my favorite movies. 7. Capitalize cities, countries, Nationalities, and Languages; In New York the people there mainly speak English but Spanish too. 8. Capitalize time periods and events; The events of the Infinity World in the Avengers movies ended with half of the entire population to be erased.
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PARTS OF SPEECH NOUNS Types of nouns: (list three to five words of each type) · Common Nouns: name a class of people, places, things, or ideas. Avengers, School , Queens,Iron Spider, Mjonir, Shield · Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or idea (must be capitalized). Peter Parker, Tony Stark, New York, Asgard · Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. Iron Man, Spiderman, AntMan, ·
Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places.
Mjolnir, infinity stones, Captain america's shield, Iron man's suit
· Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes. Anger, Sadness, Dr octopus suit, Super Suit
Functions (How nouns are used): · Subject (comes before the verb) Thor swung his hammer in anger as Loki murdered innocent people. · Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom) Tony Stark asked Peter Parker to not mess up as spiderman and cause any unnecessary problems · Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom) Rhino ordered him to surrender or else he will have to use force
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
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Your, yours His, her, hers, its, one’s Relative: Nominative who That
your, yours their, theirs
Objective whom that those/ this
Possessive whose of that
Interrogative: who, which, what, whatever, whoever Reflexive: (personal pronouns plus the suffix –self o r –selves) Used only: when the action verb is directed toward the subject of the construction: to intensify a point: Thanos only cared for himself and did not allow for anyone to interfere with plan 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.
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: 9
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: Spiderman swung around New York patrolling for any crimes in the area Passive: One of Tony's robots brought a new suit modification to Peter.
Verbals: (VERB FORMS NOT USED AS VERBS) Gerund: word ending in “ing” used as a noun. · The Hulk ended up sleeping after throwing around the villans Participle: word ending in “ing” or “ed” used as an adjective · Half of all living things were gone after Thanos snapped · Thanos made sure he peremanently exterminated Lokil. Infinitive: verb preceded by the word “to” (to go, to jump) used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs · Star Lord likes to listen to his mp3.
ADJECTIVES Adjectives modify, describe, limit, and identify nouns and pronouns. · Kinds: Demonstrative, Common, Proper (Give one example of each using words related to your subject) Groot speaks his own unique language and only rocket understands him. New York is the home of many heroes like Spiderman and Doctor strange.
ADVERBS Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. · Endings (Create one example related to your subject for each) –ly, -wards, -wise Bruce Banner is not one to be cowardly when he turns into the hulk. 10
Conversions (Show how three words related to your subject can become adverbs – Example: “Educational” becomes “Educationally”) Starc Lord likes to travel around space with his gang but he is originally from earth just like your friendly neighborhood hood spiderman but coincidentally enough his fathe is originally from space · Types: Manner, Frequency, Degree, Place, Time ·
Example Types: (Create one example each related to your subject) Manner – Black widow politely asked Spiderman if he could remove his mask. (How did she answer?) Time – Peter Parker left for school immediately as he realized he was late. (When will he leave?) Place – . Iron man could be seen flying around New York (Where was he?) Degree – Spiderman know to be very friendly towards his neighborhood and enjoys what he does (How good is she?) Frequency –Bruce Canner has to frequently keep a tab on Hulk so he doesn't take over the wheel. (How often is she 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:
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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.
A Aah, ack, agreed, ah, aha, ahem, alas, all, right, amen, argh, as if, away, aye B Bah, blast, boo hoo, bother, boy, 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, hawhee, here, hey, hmm, ho hum, hoo, hooray, hot dog, how, huh, hum, humbug, hurray, huzza I
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I say, ick, is it, ixnay J Jeez, just a sec ,just kidding, just wondering K kapish L La, la-di-dah, 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-oh, oho, okay, okey-dokey, om, oof, ooh, 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,shucks, 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, whoo pee,whoops, whoopsy, why, word, wow, wuzzup Y
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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
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Addition
a further and and then then also too next another other nor
further furthermore moreover in addition additionally besides again equally important first, second finally, last
Comparison
just as ... so too a similar another... like
similarly comparable in the same way likewise
Contrast
but yet and yet still otherwise or though but another rather
however still nevertheless on the other hand on the contrary even so notwithstanding for all that in contrast alternatively at the same time though this may be otherwise instead nonetheless conversely
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Time
then now soon afterward later shortly earlier recently first, second, third next before after today tomorrow
meanwhile at length presently at last finally immediately thereafter at that time subsequently eventually currently in the meantime in the past in the future
Purpose
to do this so that
to this end with this object for this purpose for that reason because of this in order to
Place
there here beyond nearby next to
at that point opposite to adjacent to on the other side in the front in the back
Result
so and so then
hence therefore accordingly consequently thus thereupon as a result in consequence
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Example
that is specifically in particular for one thing
for example for instance an instance of this this can be seen in
Summary and Emphasis
in sum generally after all by the way in general incidentally naturally I hope at least it seems in brief I suppose
in short on the whole as I said in other words to be sure in fact indeed clearly of course anyway remarkably I think assuredly definitely without doubt for all that on the whole in any event importantly certainly
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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 the Avengers wanted to take down Thanos in hope of saving the universe. Verb Phrase: A group of words consisting of verbs working together and that function as a verb. The avengers worked very hard to track down every stone before Thanos would. Prepositional Phrase: A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, and functions as an adjective or an adverb. Thor was met with a very welcoming manor aboard the Milano 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. Tony Stark, Spider-man's new mentor, worked hard to train spiderman and teach him the ropes. 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. Swinging down the streets of New York, SpiderMan was finally reaching the place of the crime. ● Participial Phrase word ending in -ing (present participle) or -ed (past participle) that functions as an adjective. After the Guardians of the Galaxy arrived at the deserted island they hoped to retrieve one of the stones. ● Infinitive Phrase verb preceded by the word “to” (to read, to study, to write) that function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. Thanos was ready to snap his fingers to erase half of all living things in existence.
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. The Avengers require every person to work very hard to achieve the peace. 18
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. ○ Where he grew up and the environment that he was in made the black panther into the person he is today. ○ What Thanos did really did put everyone into a state of panic ○ The death of Peter was painfully effective on Tony Stark. ○ T’challa went to check what he had for new gear. Adjective Clause: Used to modify a noun in an independent clause. Some adjective clauses begin with an introductory word: ○ New York is the city where many superheroes diligently watch the streets ○ The Iron Spider suit is Peter’s suit that helped him a lot. ○ The peace that he so desperately longed for he finally obtained Some adjective clauses begin with relative pronouns: ■ Thanos is the one who cause half of all life to disappear ■ There goes Thor whose usually back off on Asgard doing his own thing. ■ Ben Parker was the one who reminded Peter that great power comes with great responsibility. ■ Is this the Stone that you need ever so badly that you would kill your own daughter for. ■ Is T’challa the one whom you asked if he could assist you in this civil war. ■ The stones are something to which we cannot lose as it would cause utter chaos and mass destruction. ■ Hulk is the one who attempted to fight Thanos but was badly defeated during the battle. 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: ● Spiderman swung past a school bus where a lot of students saw him and took pictures. ● When rush hour had started Rhino began to cause rampage across the city
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● Doctor strange was able to take down the villain but was badly hurt after. ● T’challa cheerfully went back to leading his people Modifying adjectives: ● Miles Morales is going to be as good of a hero as spiderman in the near future. Modifying adverbs: ● Spiderman tried harder than other superheroes did so that many people could trust and look up to him. Relative Clauses: Dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun. The one who takes down Tony Stark will be able to conquer the world. Elliptical Clauses: Adverb clauses in which part of the clause is omitted. When swinging spiderman tries not to hit any birds Essential Clauses: Clauses necessary to the meaning of the sentence. ● The subject that really intrigues peter would be science and engineering Nonessential Clauses: Clauses that are NOT necessary to the meaning of the sentence. ● The effects of Thanos which has been over two years really took a toll on everyone
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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 The avenger patiently waited for any news on Thanos and the location of the stones.. Predicate – what the subject does The avenger all suited up in a hurry ready for the difficult battle ahead.
Sentence Types Declarative – a sentence that makes a statement (ends with a period mark) Although Tony doesn't show it he likes Peter Parker as if he was his own son. Imperative – a sentence that makes a command (ends with a period mark) Thanos orders his underlings to find the locations of the stones immediately. Interrogative – a sentence that asks a question (ends with a question mark) Would Miles Morales end up joining the Avengers like Peter Parker? Exclamatory – a sentence that expresses great emotion, passion, excitement (ends with an exclamation mark) Seeing all of the heroes end up getting exterminated by Thanos really made me angry!
Sentence Patterns Simple Sentence: A sentence that is just one independent clause. The Avengers consist of different heroes.
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Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses, but no dependent clauses - connected by FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions) or a semicolon (;). Miles is new to being a hero, but with time he will soon get the hang of it. Complex Sentence: A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Spiderman cannot reveal his identity because it puts him a risk. Complex-Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Miles sticks close to Peter because he is new, and needs to be taught how to manage his abilities. 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. Half of all living things are gone because of Thanos' snap.. 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. If he is able to obtain the six stones, half of all life will be lost.. 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. Tony Stark works hard to protect people, creating new machines to prevent disasters, and upgrading his suit to be able to defend against anyone who may come by. 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. Captain America trains hard every morning to be able to get stronger just to continue again in the morning. Chiasmus: A sentence that includes a repetition of ideas (words, phrases, or clauses) in inverted (reversed) order - this sentence requires symmetry. Villains allow the Avenger to continue to be an organization that continues to destroy any threat but without them they wouldn't exist. Asyndeton: A sentence that leaves out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Hulk is the opposite of Bruce Banner, angry, aggressive, and can’t hold a conversation.
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Polysyndeton: A sentence that uses multiple conjunctions in close proximity to each other between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Spiderman really shows joy, and passion , and bravery, and compassion, for what he does every day. 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. Tony believes that Peter is too young and too chaotic to be a superhero, while Peter believes that he is capable of being a hero, but they both agree that with practice and experience he will be able to be an amazing hero. Epistrophe: A sentence featuring several phrases or clauses ending with the same word or words. All Bruce Banner hears is can you turn into Hulk, can Hulk help me with this, oh hurry and switch to Hulk to defeat this villain, that it feels like all they ever need is Hulk.
Sentence Errors Run-On/Rambling/Fused Sentence – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly without punctuation. Thor was reaching his hand out Mjonir is supposed to come to him whenever he sticks his arm out it came.. [WRONG] Thor stuck his arm out because whenever he dies Mjonir is supposed to come to him, wherever he may and sure enough it comes flying right to him. [RIGHT] Comma Splice – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly using commas Spiderman quickly zipped around the streets of New York, in hopes of reaching the bodega and getting a sandwich, it had closed on arrival. [WRONG] Spiderman quickly zipped around the streets of New York, in hopes of reaching the bodega; it had closed upon arrival. [RIGHT]
Fragment – incomplete sentence pieces that are not connected to or do not form an independent clause Because he didn't have Mjolnir Because he didn;t have Mjolnir; Thor had lost all of his confidence. [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
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Tony Stark gave the Iron Spider suit to SpiderMan which was brand new.[WRONG] Tony Stark gave the brand new Iron Spider Suit to SpiderMan.[RIGHT] Double Negative – combining two or more negative words in a sentence in a way that is supposed to produce a positive force The Black Panther knew that it would be bad if Wakanda fell which would not be good The Black Panther knew that if Wakanda were to fall then it would be very bad. [RIGHT]
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PARAGRAPHS Paragraphs – a group of sentences that together convey a shared purpose structured around the same topic. Introductory Paragraphs (Introductions) Hook (Lead) – can begin with the title Anecdotal (Brief story to set the mood and lead the reader into the topic) As we grow up we end up thinking about what type of job or career we would like to pursue after high school. Although you may end up changing your mind from time to time as you may end up discovering a different type of field you enjoy like medicine, firefighter, police, chef, etc. As we continue to grow and experiment more into these different fields Query Based (Question that brings the reader to the topic - avoid second person POV “you”) How do I find that perfect dream job or that career that is right for me and how do I know if i was “Born for This” 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 Finding your perfect job/career takes time and experience. Fact (empirically verifiable but often difficult to argue extensively about better used as evidence to support a claim Everyone is different and some may find what they were born to do at different rates Opinion (personal position on a topic) Finding your perfect dream can take a lot of time and effort. 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) Switching jobs or changing your majors is not a very good thing too . 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) The author spent 10 years before finding what he was born
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Document Based (cites a specific source, author, and position on a topic) In Born for this the author traveled around the world for about 10 years asking many different people how they found their perfect job and how long and difficult their journey was. Theory (a statement that can be tested and potentially proven - often answers a research question) A side hustle can be a way for you to find your dream job. 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) The author states that many people are scared to discover new jobs or fields and one Help reduce this fear is to create a safety net where you can go a few months without work and attempt to find the perfect job The author explains that if your plan A were to ever fail to not worry because there are still 25 letters left and this helps resablishe that you should always have a back up plan in place if anything were to happen One misconception is if you are in college and you are not enjoying the current field in which you are working in then it would be too late to switch. This is not the case as money may be a problem having a side hustle and a job can help you make enough money to change it up and try something new,
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) Also after conducting a wide experiment and investigation among many different people around the world, many were able to either quit their jobs and find their perfect job. Presenting Evidence from Quotations (quotes should NEVER be used as individual sentences – quotes should be embedded within sentences) Original quote, “Sometimes you need to think like a CEO but other times you should think like the janitor…”(born for this pg.2040 “Sometimes the thing you’ve done for so long isn't what you need to do next.”(Born For This 199)
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“But finding your dream career isn’t about what you can do it's about what you should do” (Born for this 196) “Lead with your strengths,Just because you don’t know what career you want doesn’t mean you don’t know what you’re good at” (skill crush.com) “The bottom line is that a side hustle can be a low-risk, low-commitment way to test the waters for something bigger…”(Born for This 267) 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) “The bottom line is that a side hustle can be a low-risk, low-commitment way to test the waters for something bigger…”(Born for This 267) vc “A side hustle can be a low-risk, low-return way to test and experiment different hobbies and find out if one is your dream career.”(Born For this 267)
Summarizing (condensing larger quotes or sections - useful for closing the examination of the quote/evidence and transitioning to your analysis of the quote) “The bottom line is that a side hustle can be a low-risk, low-commitment way to test the waters for something bigger…”(Born for This 267) A side hustle can find your dream career. Abstract Examples (hypothetical, “what if” examples that do not refer to a source – AVOID USING THEM AS EVIDENCE – but useful for examining the quote) People might find their dream job if they quit their job right now. Concrete Examples (actual examples that do refer to a source – useful for enhancing your analysis of the quote) After conducting a wide survey and conducting research a lot of people were able to find their dream job after making a backup plan and setting a goal many were able to explore different things and find their dream career.
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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) After a lot of research many people who were bored of their job or didn;t enjoy what they were doing so they took initiate and looked what they were born to do.
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) If you were able to find your dream job your life would be much happier and be able to do what they love. Statement(s) of Extension (extending the consequences of disregarding the implications of the thesis – could be one or more sentences) As many people all around the world are doing something they either may not enjoy or just get bored of as a lot of people are scared of changing. Reestablishing the Significance of the Thesis (could be one or more sentences) Having a side hustle or a safety net to fall back on if you ever do decide to quit your job and really help you in being able to buy any food or pay in bills which would allow you to again go around and experiment and what is right to you. Final Sentence (connects to the hook and finishes the essay (finish your argument) – the “Smoky the Bear”/”Drop the mic”/dot dot dot moment…) So don't be afraid to change from that boring or job or that career you may be going into because only then can you find what you were born to do.
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The Marvel Universe book of writing BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 6 TEMPLATE AND GUIDELINES ESSAYS Essays – An essay is a group of paragraphs formed from a group of sentences, which were formed by a group of words. Types – Persuasive (Argumentative) A persuasive essay tries to convince the reader of your point or opinion. This essay is used in research paper, review paper, critic paper etc. Expository (Informative) An expository essay is where you are supposed to research a topic and give information and details together to inform your audience about you findings Im Im Definition or Description A type of essay that describes a point of view or topic, ideas, and perspectives. Process (How-to) An essay that explains the process of doing, making, or breaking something which allows the reader to fully understand after reading. Compare and Contrast An essay that compares and contrasts the topic that you are discussing and Cause and Effect An essay that explains how the cause of one thing can end up affecting another thing. Analytical/Critical This type of essay is meant to analyze a form of text or a literature book for a better understanding of it and from different points of view Evaluative An evaluative essay provides a judgment on a topic and is used in evaluative writings or reviews. Interpretive This essay the reader interpret the author's writing and attempts to form a reason or conclusion from the star Narrative (Tells a story) Personal Statement/Anecdote or about a story you’re trying to tell. Research A research essay is when you look up and research a topic from different types of sources and try to learn more about it Timed Document Based Question (DBQ) Synthesis
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Strategies/Planning Tips/Steps – Explain how to plan and organize essays and how to analyze and break down prompts. Pre-writing/Prompt Analysis/Outlining Researching/Evaluating of Sources 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 MLA format is more commonly used in to cite sources like language arts, cultural studies, and other humanities disciplines APA Format APA is more commonly used to cite sources more in the social sciences
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