The Wonderful World of YouTube Book of Writing

The Wonderful World of YouTube (Book of Writing) Written by Brandon Velasquez

Table of Contents Introduction (Page 1) About the Author (Page 2) [Your] Book of Writing Section 1 Punctuation/Capitalization (Page 3) [Your] Book of Writing Section 2 Parts of Speech (Page 5) [Your] Book of Writing Section 3 Phrases/Clauses (Page 14) [Your] Book of Writing Section 4 Sentences (Page 15)

[Your] Book of Writing Section 5 Paragraphs (Page 19) [Your] Book of Writing Section 6 - Essays (Page 23)

Introduction YouTube. The wonderful world of YouTube. Used for so many things like entertainment and help on a certain topic.

YouTube has it all. When we think of YouTube, we think as an everyday app that we can use to watch other people make content for the world. It’s the most reliable source in the world. If someone says that they don’t know what YouTube is, then they are most likely lying because YouTube is everywhere.

I chose this topic because YouTube is HUGE . It has billions of videos to choose from from the tip of your fingers. It’s free.

As my American Literature teacher says, “ You can’t beat the low, low price of free!” At the end of the day, YouTube is very useful and because it's useful I decided to write about it.

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About the Author Brandon Velasquez is a junior (at the time of writing) who is very humble and has a lot of energy . The author loves to present in front of an audience and did the morning announcements, not just at Bravo High School but at his middle School as well. H e discovered his passion for announcing in 7th grade when he did the pledge of allegiance and announcements with the principal and some 8th grade leadership classmates. The author enjoys playing sports, but his favorite is soccer. H owever, he didn't make the Bravo soccer team because there were no tryouts for the goalie position which he enjoyed playing.

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[YOUR] BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 1 PUNCTUATION and CAPITALIZATION Punctuation – Identify the functions of each mark and create one (1) example sentence of the usage for each mark.

1. . -Period YouTube has a very popular content creator named Mr. Beast.

2. , Comma Some YouTubers start like: “Hello, and welcome back to the channel.”

3. – Em Dash YouTube has made people famous -- such as Mr. Beast, PewDiePie, and T-Series.

4. - En Dash I´d rate YouTube on a scale of 1-10, a 9 because there are too many ads.

5. : Colon YouTube: a place where you can watch anything you want to see.

6. ; Semicolon Youtube; a multi million dollar app that lets you download it for the low low price of free!

7. ? Interrogative: Does YouTube have any type of videos?

8. ! Exclamatory Of course they do!

9. ‘ Apostrophe 10. “ ” Possession “YouTube has over 2 billion monthly active users. “ - As stated by Backlindo.com 11. … Ellipsis The most viewed video is Despacito by Luis Fonsi... which i’m not happy about.

12. [ ] Brackets “This video is [Not] unavailable.” -YouTube 13. ( ) Parenthetical “YouTube will book between $29 billion and $30 billion in revenue this year (they are about to tie Netflix in revenue).”

14. / Backslash You get revenue from YouTube if you get a lot of views and subscribers, YouTubers have the option to check out and/or save the revenue to earn more.

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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To start a sentence I watch YouTube everyday.

Capitalize pronouns A woman named Susan Wojcicki Capitalize proper nouns YouTube is a proper noun.

Capitalize Days, Months, and Holidays YouTube was created on February 14, 2005 5. Capitalize Most words of titles ¨The Wonderful World of YouTube¨

This is Jimmy Donaldson, commonly known as Mr. Beast has over 80 Million subscribers on his main channel.

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[YOUR] BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 2 TEMPLATE AND GUIDELINES 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.

Content Creators, YouTube, Videos, · Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or idea (must be capitalized). MrBeast, Pewdiepie, T-Series, San Mateo (where YouTube was created) · Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. EX: videos, creations, useful · Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places.

YouTubers, Phones, Technology · Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes.

Functions (How nouns are used): Write one sentence for each function. · Subject (comes before the verb) Mr. Beast gives money away to random subscribers. · Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom) Mr. Beast asked Pewdiepie to comment on his video. · Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom) Mr. Beast gave $500,000 to the subscriber that won the contest.

PRONOUNS Pronouns take the place of nouns that have been established.

Personal: Nominative (subjects) Objective (objects) I/we me/us you/you

you/you

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He, she, it, one/they

him, her, it, one/them

Possessive My, mine Your, yours His, her, hers, its, one’s Relative: Nominative who That

our, ours 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 or –selves) Used only: when the action verb is directed toward the subject of the construction: Lachlan gives himself a great rating for his Fortnite Icon Series Skin and harshly rates the other Icon skins. Lazarbeam bought himself a hundred cardboard cutouts of his icon skin. to intensify a point: Ninja himself delivered the speech about his skin in Fortnite. Even though it was hard work, “It finally paid off”, Ninja said (not really).

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.

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Tense: verbs indicate time via tenses: simple past past past perfect past progressive

simple present present present perfect present progressive

present perfect progressive future future perfect

Types: There are at least eleven (11) types of verbs: auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) linking verbs (verbs that do not describe action, but connect the subject of a sentence to other parts of the sentence – usually the predicate) lexical verbs (main verbs) dynamic verbs (indicate action) stative verbs (describe a condition) finitive verbs (indicate tense) infinitive 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 youtubers got their revenue check in the mail. (YouTubers are the subject) Passive: The mail has brought the revenue checks to the YouTubers.

(YouTubers are the subject but treated as the object) Verbals: (VERB FORMS NOT USED AS VERBS) Gerund: word ending in “ing” used as a noun. · Lazarbeam enjoys memeing on Fortnite.

Participle: word ending in “ing” or “ed” used as an adjective · There really is a striking policy on YouTube. · Lazarbeam carefully did not swear to not get striked.

Infinitive: verb preceded by the word “to” (to go, to jump) used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs · Ninja used to swear at the start of his career.

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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)

ADVERBS Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. · Endings (Create one example related to your subject for each) –ly, -wards, -wise - (Not a real YouTube) Mystery: Look closely as we scroll backwards, the clock is moving rapidly clockwise. · Conversions (Show how three words related to your subject can become adverbs – Example: “Educational” becomes “Educationally”) - I strongly recommend YouTube to people who don´t know what it is.

- You can make an account easily with your email.

- There are hardly any issues with YouTube on lag but it depends on how great your internet connection is.

Types: Manner, Frequency, Degree, Place, Time Example Types: (Create one example each related to your subject) Manner – Lazarbeam responded nicely to stop sending him knives quickly.

(How did she respond?)

Time – Mr. Beast will leave the facility immediately.

(When will he leave?)

Place – Mark Rober was willingly here earlier today working on a new mechanism.

(Where was he?)

Degree – Ms. Beast’s exceptionally good work cannot be over-recognized.

(How good is she?)

Frequency – mrfreshasian is consistently uploading Fortnite content to viewers around the arounf.

(How often is he uploading?)

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

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Subordinate: after, though as, as if, as long as, as thought, because, before, if, in order that, provided that, since, so, so that, that, though, till, unless, when, where, whereas, while Relative pronouns: who (refers to people), which (refers to nonliving object or animals), that (may refer to animals or nonliving objects)

PREPOSITIONS Prepositions link nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other parts of the sentence. Prepositions are NEVER followed by verbs. There are one-word prepositions and complex prepositions. These are some common one-word prepositions: aboard, about, above, according to, across, across from, after, against, along, alongside, alongside of, along with, amid, among, apart from, around, as, as far as, aside from, at, away from, back of, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but (except), by, by means of, concerning, despite, down, down from, except, except excluding for, for, from, from among, from between, from under, in, in addition to, in behalf of, including, in front of, in place of, in regard to, inside, inside of, in spite of, instead of, into, like, near, near to, notwithstanding, of, off, on, on account of, on behalf of, onto, on top of, opposite, out, out of, outside, outside of, over, over to, owing to, past, prior to, to, toward, under, underneath, until, unto, up, upon, up to, versus, with, within, without.

INTERJECTIONS Interjections are the final part of speech. Find and copy/paste an alphabetical list of interjections here.

A - ah B - bye C - crikey, come on D - duh E - easy does it, exactly F - fair enough G - get outta here, get lost, go on H - ha, hmm, ha-ha I - I say J - just a sec, just kidding K - N/A L - long time, look here

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M - most certainly, my word, my my N - nah, no, nooo, no way O - oh, oh-oh, oh no, okay P - peace Q - quite R - ready, right, roger, roger that S - shh, sorry, shame T - take that, thanks, there there U - ugh, uh-oh, um, ur V - very nice, very well W - whatever, when, what X - N/A Y - yea, yeah, yikes Z - zzz

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Transitions of Logic Chart

Milder

Stronger

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

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

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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[YOUR] BOOK OF WRITING SECTION 3 TEMPLATE AND GUIDELINES 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 the viewers seriously wanted more content from the YouTuber.

Verb Phrase: A group of words consisting of verbs working together and that function as a verb.

Fresh knew he would be working hard to get daily content out to the public eye.

Prepositional Phrase: A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, and functions as an adjective or an adverb.

The students were warmly welcomed by Mr. Morgan when the YouTube video started.

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. Typical Gamer, a familiar YouTuber, worked diligently to get daily content out.

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.

After 2 weeks of waiting, the people finally saw what happened next. ● Participial Phrase word ending in -ing (present participle) or -ed (past participle) that functions as an adjective.

The viewers quickly left the rick roll troll. ● Infinitive Phrase verb preceded by the word “to” (to read, to study, to write) that function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.

Many people actually knew it was time to watch the premiere of the new video.

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.

Mr Beast requires contestants to work really hard

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TEMPLATE AND GUIDELINES 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 spectators patiently waited for the countdown for the premiere to end.

Predicate – what the subject does The YouTube viewers patiently learned about Mr. Beast’s competition.

Sentence Types Declarative – a sentence that makes a statement (ends with a period mark) Learning about memes helps children have a laugh.

Imperative – a sentence that makes a command (ends with a period mark) Squid Games (counts as YouTube, because people post clips of it) eliminates players immediately.

Interrogative – a sentence that asks a question (ends with a question mark) Why would anyone not want to watch Dream’s manhunts in Minecraft?

Exclamatory – a sentence that expresses great emotion, passion, excitement (ends with an exclamation mark) That is the most popular Dream video in his YouTube career!

Sentence Patterns Simple Sentence: A sentence that is just one independent clause.

Most people have watched “Baby Shark” considering it has 9.5 Billion views.

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Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses, but no dependent clauses - connected by FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions) or a semicolon (;).

Most videos take up time, but they all can be finished.

Complex Sentence: A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

When you set up an uploading plan, uploading videos can regularly get done on time.

Complex-Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

Whether you plan ahead or not, most videos for YouTube can get done, but they can take up a lot of time.

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.

YouTube can change your life, but you have to make content that people want to watch.

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 what content you make or how long it takes, YouTube CAN change your life.

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.

Content Creators tend to work hard, to stay awake at night, and to succeed where others fail.

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.

Content Creators spend their days creating videos at home or at a place.

Chiasmus: A sentence that includes a repetition of ideas (words, phrases, or clauses) in inverted (reversed) order - this sentence requires symmetry.

All gamer content creators aren’t who they are without their game.

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Asyndeton: A sentence that leaves out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose.

YouTubers typically exhibit joy, funny content, and care for the viewers.

Polysyndeton: A sentence that uses multiple conjunctions in close proximity to each other between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose.

YouTubers typically exhibit joy and funny content, and ultimately, care for the viewers.

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.

Viewers use YouTube as a way to watch funny videos, while other viewers use it for research and homework purposes.

Epistrophe: A sentence featuring several phrases or clauses ending with the same word or words.

People all over the world watch YouTube, we rely on YouTube, we watch YouTube, we made YouTube.

Sentence Errors Run-On/Rambling/Fused Sentence – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly without punctuation.

The contestants wanted to stop working on the challenge they needed to do work for their jobs they had no time. [WRONG] The contestants wanted to stop working on the challenge BECAUSE they needed to do work for their jobs AND they had no time. [RIGHT] Comma Splice – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly using commas The contestants wanted to stop working on the challenge, they needed to do work for their jobs, they had no time. [WRONG] The contestants wanted to stop working on the challenge. They needed to do work for their jobs; they had no time. [RIGHT]

Fragment – incomplete sentence pieces that are not connected to or do not form an independent clause Because the YouTubers had no time. [WRONG] Because the Youtubers had no time, they had to work faster. [RIGHT]

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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 MrBeast´s Squid Games, MrBeast gave steak to the last 6 contestants that was medium rare. [WRONG] At MrBeast´s Squid Games, MrBeast gave steak that was medium rare to the last 6 contestants. [RIGHT] Double Negative – combining two or more negative words in a sentence in a way that is supposed to produce a positive force PewDiePie knew that it wouldn’t do them any good to waste time. [WRONG] PewDiePie knew that it would not do them any good to waste time. [RIGHT]

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SECTION 5 TEMPLATE AND GUIDELINES PARAGRAPHS *Disclaimer: Most of the “evidence” is just pure theater.

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) My Ex. Often throughout the past 16 years when children wanted to, they could watch YouTube. Being able to watch videos at school or anywhere else for example, young people develop a strong and lifelong connection to YouTube. The better they do at school, the more their smiles widen and, sadly, the more the nation’s waistlines and the health outcomes associated with them expand. As children, they may have no idea why, but the adults in their lives should.

Query Based (Question that brings the reader to the topic - avoid second person POV “you”) My Ex. Does YouTube have a positive or negative impact on a person’s health?

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) My Ex. YouTube most of the time provides nutritional content and shouldn’t be avoided.

Fact (empirically verifiable but often difficult to argue extensively about better used as evidence to support a claim) Ex. YouTube is FREE! Opinion (personal position on a topic) Ex. MrBeast makes the most crazy content.

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. LAUSD blocks most YouTube videos unless they are kid friendly and don’t distract the students.

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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. Morgz’s content is mostly copies of more popular videos.

Document Based (cites a specific source, author, and position on a topic) Ex. On YouTube, MrBeast gives so much money away, he even made a $456K Squid Games competition.

Theory (a statement that can be tested and potentially proven - often answers a research question) Ex. YouTube can systematically lead young people to have fun.

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. Children enjoy watching YouTube and that’s a fact, YouTube can advertise and market off of ads, that can hook people on products, particularly at an early age, along with reports about the profits that YouTube makes.

Ex. The author examines the state of YouTube in order to show people how successful YouTube is. (purpose of thesis) Ex. This information about the connection between YouTube and humans outcomes might lead to crucial reforms in the future. (establishing the importance or significance 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. Additionally, multiple sources indicate that the consumption of a lot of technology has a dramatic impact on health. (Now every sentence in this paragraph must be related to the connection between fast food and health)

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Presenting Evidence from Quotations (quotes should NEVER be used as individual sentences – quotes should be embedded within sentences)

ORIGINAL QUOTE – “YouTube and technology can have adverse effects on people’s health” (Schlosser 73).

Ex. Several researchers agree, “YouTube can have adverse effects on people’s health” (Schlosser 73).

Ex. “Technology can have adverse effects on people’s health,” according to several researchers (Schlosser 73).

Ex. Unfortunately for parents, “YouTube can have adverse effects on people’s health,” according to several researchers (Schlosser 73).

Ex. Unfortunately for parents, “YouTube can have [horribly] adverse effects on people’s health” (Schlosser 73).

Ex. Unfortunately for parents, “YouTube … [a]ffects … people’s health” (Schlosser 73).

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 – “MrBeast has friendly effects on people’s feelings” (Schlosser 73).

Ex. PARAPHRASE – People enjoy seeing MrBeast give away millions of dollars to complete strangers (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 – “MrBeast has friendly effects on people’s feelings” (Schlosser 73).

Ex. SUMMARY – MrBeast brings joy to people.

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. MrBeast might be unhealthy if he keeps doing long challenges.

Concrete Examples (actual examples that do refer to a source – useful for enhancing your analysis of the quote)

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Ex. A study in the November 2011 New Years Eve at Times Square shows that 93% of the people know who MrBeast is.

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. Clearly, people do know about MrBeast and the good deeds he has done on the platform that is YouTube.

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 the mass consumption of YouTube was truly safe for people’s health, there would be a split of an abundance of obesity and healthy people in the nation.

Statement(s) of Extension (extending the consequences of disregarding the implications of the thesis – could be one or more sentences) Ex. As such, the national split of people with obesity and healthy seems closely connected with the abundance of YouTube videos available to peoples in every corner of America.

Reestablishing the Significance of the Thesis (could be one or more sentences) Ex. Thus, with the prevalence of academic research ideas, YouTube can useful for education topics and entertainment topic.

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. So given all the good things associated with YouTube, the app is an amazing creation to entertain and educate the generations to come

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Essays – A writing to explain his/her topic(s) Types – Explain each type of essay and state its purpose Persuasive (Argumentative) Tries to convince the audience to be on their side Expository (Informative) The author researches evidence to write about ideas and points found in the text Definition or Description giving a mental image to someone or something Process (How-to) - The topic I decide to choose to talk about, do my research about it, Compare and Contrast - Used to compare 2 different topics that the writer of the essay is talking about Cause and Effect - something that someone does and the result of it Analytical/Critical Evaluative - You judge or evaluate evidence from a source Interpretive - Analyzing a interpretation Narrative (Tells a story) Personal Statement/Anecdote - a quote that you see as powerful and use in your paper Research Timed Document Based Question (DBQ) - a question you propose to answer throughout your essay Synthesis - ideas from the text that lead you to think about a theory of the text Strategies/Planning Tips/Steps – Explain how to plan and organize essays and how to analyze and break down prompts.

Pre-writing/Prompt Analysis/Outlining - you use part of the prompt and use it as thesis to start off the essay Researching/Evaluating of Sources - you can use the CRAAP test to see if the source is credible 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 subtitle differences between each format, sobe sure to identify MLA Format - Name (Last then First) , Date, Course, Period (in my case period 3) the font is 10-12, with 1 inch margins, and it has to be double spaced Velasquez, Brandon

9 December 2021 Honors American Literature Period 3 APA Format - The title is centered, then your name (last then first), course, period, date as the subtitle

The Wonderful World of YouTube Velasquez, Brandon 9 December 2021 Honors American Literature Period 3