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[S1] I want to help you develop your overall writing skills and that is why I put together this one hour mega lesson covering a variety of topics.[S1] We're going to talk about tips to write
[S1] professionally.[S1] I'm going to help you write more descriptive by teaching you many different reporting verbs.[S1] We're going to improve your academic writing as well as look at some comments.
[S1] writing mistakes.[S1] So this lesson, it has it all.[S1] And if you or someone who would like to improve your writing skills, please subscribe, turn on notifications.[S1] That way I ...
[S1] can become your teacher.[S1] My name is Wes.[S1] The channel is Interactive English.[S1] It's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals.[S1] So let's begin with some useful
[S1] writing tips, especially when it comes to writing professionally.[S1] Here are 13 tips to help you write professionally.[S1] And what we're going to do is we're going to start with the...
[S1] big picture, which is an idiom that means the entire view of a situation or issue.[S1] And then we're going to try to narrow it down to your actual writing.
[S1] The first tip that I have for you, the first thing that I want you to do is understand your purpose.[S1] So it's a very simple question that needs to be answered.[S1] What is the purpose of your purpose?
[S1] the purpose of your writing.[S1] Now in general there are four major types of writing.[S1] It could be a narrative and you're telling a story.[S1] Maybe it's descriptive and
[S1] you're trying to capture an event, or perhaps expository, you're giving facts and information, or even persuasive and you want to influence someone's opinion.[S1] Now whatever.
[S1] For your purposes, you just need to have one, because without it, your writing is going to lack direction.[S1] It's like trying to understand what is your purpose for being here right now.[S1] You would like to...
[S1] improve your writing skills.[S1] The next tip that I have for you is that you need to know your audience.[S1] Who is going to be reading your writing? Is it your...
[S1] your boss, your teacher, your peers, your colleagues, or just the public in general.[S1] Because once you know your audience, then that's going to help you change.
[S1] choose your style.[S1] And in a nutshell, which is another idiom, I'm giving you some idioms in this lesson, it really means in the fewest possible words, in a nutshell.
[S1] In that shell, when I'm talking about style, I'm really referring to formal or informal writing.[S1] So, if we're talking about formal writing, you should avoid...
[S1] idioms, slang, just those colloquial expressions, you're also going to want to use more complex structures, which I'll get into a little bit later.
[S1] With informal writing, well then the rules are relaxed, you can use some of those colloquial expressions, but because we're talking about writing professionally, I re-
[S1] really want to focus on helping you develop your formal writing style.[S1] This is the style that you need to use if you'd like to appear professional, you want people to take you...
[S1] seriously.[S1] So that is the big picture.[S1] Now let's talk about your actual writing when you put pen to the paper or even your hands to the keyboard.[S1] So the next tip that I have...
[S1] for you is that you need to organize your ideas.[S1] This is so important.[S1] I don't want you just to think about this.[S1] I want you to write it down.[S1] Start with the
[S1] brainstorming.[S1] Use that information to develop an outline.[S1] And when I say develop an outline, I want you to develop a comprehensive outline.[S1] Don't just write down a few.
[S1] write down complete thoughts because when you do this it's going to help your writing have cohesion and unity.[S1] When I say cohesion I'm just talking about your
[S1] sentences are logically ordered.[S1] Unity means that your paragraphs are centered around one idea.[S1] So when you organize your ideas and you write this down...
[S1] It's gonna make sure that your writing has cohesion and unity.[S1] It's very important.[S1] The next thing that I want you to do Which can be a little challenging.[S1] I'm not gonna lie and that is fine
[S1] your voice.[S1] And when I say find your voice, it's really referring to the words that you use, the way that you write your sentences.[S1] Think of voice like your, your fingers.
[S1] fingerprint when it comes to writing that maybe you forgot to write your name, but somebody reads your writing, they know that it's you because of your words because of your
[S1] sentences.[S1] Now, when I say find your voice, that means that I don't want you to think about, well, how would somebody else write this and pres...
[S1] these ideas.[S1] Or what are the words that my audience probably wants to hear? You need to discover what is unique about the way you present the topic.[S1] Use your
[S1] words, your sentences, be authentic.[S1] People appreciate originality.[S1] And I mentioned that this can be challenging and if you're having trouble finding...
[S1] your voice, I think the best thing that you can do is just to write as much as you can.[S1] And you can start by writing to me down below in the comments.[S1] But once again, if you're
[S1] putting together that comprehensive outline, this is something that should start to be reflected in your outline when you're organizing your ideas.[S1] Something else that should be reflected in.
[S1] your outline is your tone.[S1] You need to establish a tone.[S1] And there are many examples of this.[S1] Tone could be aggressive or humorous.
[S1] Nostalgic, cheerful, sad.[S1] And what this really does is it shows your attitude about a topic.[S1] No matter what topic you have.
[S1] You can have different tones, but you need to be consistent.[S1] You don't wanna switch between an aggressive tone to a cheerful one, humorous, back to aggressive.
[S1] All right, writing is not a roller coaster.[S1] Don't think about it like that.[S1] Think about it more like you're traveling down the straight road, moving from one idea to...
[S1] the next going from one paragraph to the next.[S1] Which then takes me to my next tip is that you need to organize your paragraphs.[S1] So, I talked to you about
[S1] organizing your ideas, and then you can take a closer look at those ideas and make sure that each paragraph is organized with a topic sentence, with support.
[S1] sentences and then wrapped up with a conclusion.[S1] And this is a structure that you can follow over and over and over, especially if your purpose is
[S1] is you're writing something that's descriptive or persuasive or even expository.[S1] And just to emphasize how important this is when you organize your paragraph.
[S1] It is the easiest and most effective way to convey your ideas.[S1] Something else that's going to help you move smoothly down that road of ideas is that you need to take full advantage of the idea.
[S1] of transition words and phrases.[S1] So these are words and phrases that will allow you to effortlessly and seamlessly move from one idea to the next.
[S1] Now there are many transition words and phrases out there.[S1] I think it's very useful vocabulary for you to learn.[S1] But just to give you an example, if I want to add information, I could use in a...
[S1] If I want to contrast different ideas, I could use however.[S1] If I want to start out and say, well, this idea is very important, I could begin with first and foremost, and then...
[S1] share my idea.[S1] Now what this does is it makes it so much easier for the reader to follow along.[S1] Not to mention it's going to help you sound more professional.
[S1] because you're gonna sound like you know what you're talking about.[S1] My next tip is that you need to vary your sentence structures.[S1] So when I talked about formal writing, I said that you'll...
[S1] use more complex structures.[S1] And this is part of what I was talking about.[S1] So you have four different sentence structures, you have simple sentences, compound sentences.
[S1] complex sentences and compound complex sentences.[S1] And I've given you some examples here, so you can see what the sentences are like, but when you vary your sentence,
[S1] and structures, it's going to make your writing a lot more engaging.[S1] People are going to want to continue reading.[S1] Because if you're using too much of one structure...
[S1] If you're only using simple sentences, it's just going to sound really choppy.[S1] If you're only using compound sentences, well then it may sound a bit repetitive.[S1] When you vary your sentence
[S1] structures, it's going to create a nice rhythm and flow to your writing.[S1] And this is probably something that you're not going to be able to do the first time.[S1] It's likely something.
[S1] that you can do and develop when you proofread.[S1] You may go through and find a couple of simple sentences that you can turn into a compound sentence, or maybe you'll add a dependent clause.
[S1] and create a complex sentence.[S1] And then you'll be developing that rhythm and flow as well as finding your voice.[S1] And this leads me into my next tip, which is to keep it simple.
[S1] especially at first.[S1] Use the vocabulary that you already know.[S1] If you're writing a rough draft, don't stop and analyze everything.[S1] Use your...
[S1] outline, keep it simple, find your voice, and then when you're done you can go back and proofread it and really fine tune some of those words and sentences.[S1] And proofread.
[S1] reading is what I want to talk to you about next because I want you to effectively correct your own mistakes.[S1] So when you're writing, I think many of you are going to use a computer.
[S1] And you need to use those programs to your advantage because if you're using something like word It will tell you if something is misspelled or
[S1] Perhaps there's a problem with the grammar.[S1] Use these programs to your advantage.[S1] Now, if you're just going through and proofreading on your own, what I would suggest you
[S1] do is look for one mistake at a time.[S1] Don't try to look for all the problems at once.[S1] So you could start with punctuation.[S1] Read through your writing and own.
[S1] look for punctuation mistakes and then go through it again and only look for spelling mistakes.[S1] Go through it again and only look for word choice and maybe change some of the
[S1] those words.[S1] So what you end up doing is that you proofread your writing multiple times.[S1] And the more you do this, the more you go through it, you're
[S1] likely to find some mistakes, you'll make some changes to make your writing better.[S1] Another tip that I have for you is to get others to look at your writing.[S1] It's always good.
[S1] to have a second set of eyes because people may find spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes that you did not see before.[S1] It's also good to get feed...
[S1] in regard to the content.[S1] But one thing I would tell you is that remember just because somebody gives you feedback about the content, that doesn't mean that you have to accept it.
[S1] You can take it into consideration and then decide whether or not you would like to make the changes because remember It's your writing.[S1] It's your voice.[S1] And then I think it is very
[S1] helpful for you to maintain healthy writing habits.[S1] And there are two things that I think you should be doing a little bit each and every day.[S1] First I think you should
[S1] Read regularly.[S1] This is going to help you distinguish between different writing styles.[S1] You'll get a feel for how someone else's writing is organized.[S1] You'll also be able to see...
[S1] how people use transition words and phrases, as well as varying their sentences and how that makes their writing more engaging.[S1] I also want you to write regularly.[S1] And...
[S1] This is something you can do writing in a journal each and every day, or like I said, you can write to me down below in those comments.[S1] It's going to help you develop and find your...
[S1] voice, you'll also be able to explore different purposes in writing, as well as writing to different audiences.[S1] In addition, you'll be able to practice career...
[S1] correcting your own writing.[S1] Now that you have these useful tips to keep in mind, let's talk about vocabulary because writing is a productive skill.
[S1] which means vocabulary is important.[S1] And I wanna help you write more descriptively when you're telling a story, because often there's going to be dot dot
[S1] and I want to teach you many different reporting verbs that you can use instead of just always using the word said.[S1] So let's
[S1] Let's look at different reporting verbs to help you be more descriptive.[S1] Let's talk about some creative ways that you can say the word said.[S1] So why is this?
[S1] important.[S1] Well first, it allows you to be more descriptive.[S1] It's also going to keep the reader's attention because these words are just more engaging.[S1] They're
[S1] more captivating.[S1] And you will avoid redundancies because you don't want to keep saying he said, she said, we said, they said, you need to mix.
[S1] it up.[S1] So let's begin and say that you would like to persuade someone to do something or think something.[S1] Here are some ver...
[S1] herbs to help make your writing more descriptive.[S1] You could use pleaded.[S1] And this is when you're making an urgent or a...
[S1] emotional request.[S1] Like, don't leave, he pleaded.[S1] This is very similar to the next one, which is begged.[S1] Except I feel...
[S1] like begged is probably a little stronger than pleaded, but once again, this is a strong way to make an urgent request.[S1] I want to
[S1] balloon the child begged.[S1] So in this case it's just more descriptive.[S1] I'm capturing that feeling.[S1] I want a balloon the child begged.[S1] This is some...
[S1] thing that, well yeah, my child told me last week.[S1] You can also use and treat it, which means to try hard to persuade someone to do something.
[S1] Now, this verb, it's probably not as common as these others, however, it's still very useful because it's specific.[S1] And if I want to capture a direct...
[S1] quote I could say, if you help me with the presentation, then I'll work your weekend shift for you.[S1] He entreated.[S1] And then we have the verb implored.[S1] This means to...
[S1] ask someone to do something or not to do something in a very sincere and emotional way.[S1] Think about this situation.
[S1] that a woman gets pulled over by the police for speeding and she's getting ready to get a ticket.[S1] So she says, please don't give me a speeding ticket.[S1] She implies.
[S1] So she's imploring the police officer not to give her a ticket and doing this in a sincere way.[S1] And of course I had to include...
[S1] the picture of that dog because I think this is a good association with these verbs because dogs may plead for things or beg for things or
[S1] implore their owners to do something.[S1] Let's continue with some more verbs if you'd like to persuade someone you could use besieged.
[S1] which means to ask for something in a way that shows you need it very much.[S1] I need this raise, he beseeched his boss.[S1] Now, this is not the most
[S1] common verb in the world, but once again it helps you get that variety.[S1] Same with the next verb, cajole.[S1] This means to persuade someone to do s-
[S1] something that they might not want to do and you're persuading them by just talking pleasantly and nicely like please pretty.
[S1] please say yes, she could hold.[S1] So this is a good reporting verb that I could use if I wanna capture my little girl's direction.
[S1] speech if she wants something and maybe I don't want to give it to her, she might cajole me into giving it to her.[S1] Please, pretty please.[S1] The next two verbs I think...
[S1] are definitely more common.[S1] Insisted.[S1] This means to say something firmly, especially when others either disagree or just oppose.
[S1] what you're saying.[S1] I want to see my client, the lawyer insisted.[S1] So in this context, it makes me think of a situation in which somebody is asked
[S1] more than once and then they start insisting.[S1] The next verb I think is similar but it's a bit stronger, demanding.
[S1] This means to ask for something forcefully and really in a way that you don't expect to be refused.[S1] I want another candy!
[S1] the child demanded.[S1] So again, I can't help but give many examples with children, I have little girl.[S1] So again, these are things that I hear and this helps.
[S1] capture the mood and switch things up a little bit so you can avoid those redundancies.[S1] So if you are wanting to express happiness or excitement, there are some great...
[S1] verbs that you can use, such as gushed.[S1] This means to express a positive feeling, especially praise, but doing so in a way
[S1] that it may not seem sincere.[S1] Perhaps they're doing it a little too much.[S1] So if I'm writing a story and my character is just praising someone.

[S1] I want to help you develop your overall writing skills and that is why I put together this one hour mega lesson covering a variety of topics.[S1] We're going to talk about tips to write

[S1] professionally.[S1] I'm going to help you write more descriptive by teaching you many different reporting verbs.[S1] We're going to improve your academic writing as well as look at some comments.

[S1] writing mistakes.[S1] So this lesson, it has it all.[S1] And if you or someone who would like to improve your writing skills, please subscribe, turn on notifications.[S1] That way I ...

[S1] can become your teacher.[S1] My name is Wes.[S1] The channel is Interactive English.[S1] It's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals.[S1] So let's begin with some useful

[S1] writing tips, especially when it comes to writing professionally.[S1] Here are 13 tips to help you write professionally.[S1] And what we're going to do is we're going to start with the...

[S1] big picture, which is an idiom that means the entire view of a situation or issue.[S1] And then we're going to try to narrow it down to your actual writing.

[S1] The first tip that I have for you, the first thing that I want you to do is understand your purpose.[S1] So it's a very simple question that needs to be answered.[S1] What is the purpose of your purpose?

[S1] the purpose of your writing.[S1] Now in general there are four major types of writing.[S1] It could be a narrative and you're telling a story.[S1] Maybe it's descriptive and

[S1] you're trying to capture an event, or perhaps expository, you're giving facts and information, or even persuasive and you want to influence someone's opinion.[S1] Now whatever.

[S1] For your purposes, you just need to have one, because without it, your writing is going to lack direction.[S1] It's like trying to understand what is your purpose for being here right now.[S1] You would like to...

[S1] improve your writing skills.[S1] The next tip that I have for you is that you need to know your audience.[S1] Who is going to be reading your writing? Is it your...

[S1] your boss, your teacher, your peers, your colleagues, or just the public in general.[S1] Because once you know your audience, then that's going to help you change.

[S1] choose your style.[S1] And in a nutshell, which is another idiom, I'm giving you some idioms in this lesson, it really means in the fewest possible words, in a nutshell.

[S1] In that shell, when I'm talking about style, I'm really referring to formal or informal writing.[S1] So, if we're talking about formal writing, you should avoid...

[S1] idioms, slang, just those colloquial expressions, you're also going to want to use more complex structures, which I'll get into a little bit later.

[S1] With informal writing, well then the rules are relaxed, you can use some of those colloquial expressions, but because we're talking about writing professionally, I re-

[S1] really want to focus on helping you develop your formal writing style.[S1] This is the style that you need to use if you'd like to appear professional, you want people to take you...

[S1] seriously.[S1] So that is the big picture.[S1] Now let's talk about your actual writing when you put pen to the paper or even your hands to the keyboard.[S1] So the next tip that I have...

[S1] for you is that you need to organize your ideas.[S1] This is so important.[S1] I don't want you just to think about this.[S1] I want you to write it down.[S1] Start with the

[S1] brainstorming.[S1] Use that information to develop an outline.[S1] And when I say develop an outline, I want you to develop a comprehensive outline.[S1] Don't just write down a few.

[S1] write down complete thoughts because when you do this it's going to help your writing have cohesion and unity.[S1] When I say cohesion I'm just talking about your

[S1] sentences are logically ordered.[S1] Unity means that your paragraphs are centered around one idea.[S1] So when you organize your ideas and you write this down...

[S1] It's gonna make sure that your writing has cohesion and unity.[S1] It's very important.[S1] The next thing that I want you to do Which can be a little challenging.[S1] I'm not gonna lie and that is fine

[S1] your voice.[S1] And when I say find your voice, it's really referring to the words that you use, the way that you write your sentences.[S1] Think of voice like your, your fingers.

[S1] fingerprint when it comes to writing that maybe you forgot to write your name, but somebody reads your writing, they know that it's you because of your words because of your

[S1] sentences.[S1] Now, when I say find your voice, that means that I don't want you to think about, well, how would somebody else write this and pres...

[S1] these ideas.[S1] Or what are the words that my audience probably wants to hear? You need to discover what is unique about the way you present the topic.[S1] Use your

[S1] words, your sentences, be authentic.[S1] People appreciate originality.[S1] And I mentioned that this can be challenging and if you're having trouble finding...

[S1] your voice, I think the best thing that you can do is just to write as much as you can.[S1] And you can start by writing to me down below in the comments.[S1] But once again, if you're

[S1] putting together that comprehensive outline, this is something that should start to be reflected in your outline when you're organizing your ideas.[S1] Something else that should be reflected in.

[S1] your outline is your tone.[S1] You need to establish a tone.[S1] And there are many examples of this.[S1] Tone could be aggressive or humorous.

[S1] Nostalgic, cheerful, sad.[S1] And what this really does is it shows your attitude about a topic.[S1] No matter what topic you have.

[S1] You can have different tones, but you need to be consistent.[S1] You don't wanna switch between an aggressive tone to a cheerful one, humorous, back to aggressive.

[S1] All right, writing is not a roller coaster.[S1] Don't think about it like that.[S1] Think about it more like you're traveling down the straight road, moving from one idea to...

[S1] the next going from one paragraph to the next.[S1] Which then takes me to my next tip is that you need to organize your paragraphs.[S1] So, I talked to you about

[S1] organizing your ideas, and then you can take a closer look at those ideas and make sure that each paragraph is organized with a topic sentence, with support.

[S1] sentences and then wrapped up with a conclusion.[S1] And this is a structure that you can follow over and over and over, especially if your purpose is

[S1] is you're writing something that's descriptive or persuasive or even expository.[S1] And just to emphasize how important this is when you organize your paragraph.

[S1] It is the easiest and most effective way to convey your ideas.[S1] Something else that's going to help you move smoothly down that road of ideas is that you need to take full advantage of the idea.

[S1] of transition words and phrases.[S1] So these are words and phrases that will allow you to effortlessly and seamlessly move from one idea to the next.

[S1] Now there are many transition words and phrases out there.[S1] I think it's very useful vocabulary for you to learn.[S1] But just to give you an example, if I want to add information, I could use in a...

[S1] If I want to contrast different ideas, I could use however.[S1] If I want to start out and say, well, this idea is very important, I could begin with first and foremost, and then...

[S1] share my idea.[S1] Now what this does is it makes it so much easier for the reader to follow along.[S1] Not to mention it's going to help you sound more professional.

[S1] because you're gonna sound like you know what you're talking about.[S1] My next tip is that you need to vary your sentence structures.[S1] So when I talked about formal writing, I said that you'll...

[S1] use more complex structures.[S1] And this is part of what I was talking about.[S1] So you have four different sentence structures, you have simple sentences, compound sentences.

[S1] complex sentences and compound complex sentences.[S1] And I've given you some examples here, so you can see what the sentences are like, but when you vary your sentence,

[S1] and structures, it's going to make your writing a lot more engaging.[S1] People are going to want to continue reading.[S1] Because if you're using too much of one structure...

[S1] If you're only using simple sentences, it's just going to sound really choppy.[S1] If you're only using compound sentences, well then it may sound a bit repetitive.[S1] When you vary your sentence

[S1] structures, it's going to create a nice rhythm and flow to your writing.[S1] And this is probably something that you're not going to be able to do the first time.[S1] It's likely something.

[S1] that you can do and develop when you proofread.[S1] You may go through and find a couple of simple sentences that you can turn into a compound sentence, or maybe you'll add a dependent clause.

[S1] and create a complex sentence.[S1] And then you'll be developing that rhythm and flow as well as finding your voice.[S1] And this leads me into my next tip, which is to keep it simple.

[S1] especially at first.[S1] Use the vocabulary that you already know.[S1] If you're writing a rough draft, don't stop and analyze everything.[S1] Use your...

[S1] outline, keep it simple, find your voice, and then when you're done you can go back and proofread it and really fine tune some of those words and sentences.[S1] And proofread.

[S1] reading is what I want to talk to you about next because I want you to effectively correct your own mistakes.[S1] So when you're writing, I think many of you are going to use a computer.

[S1] And you need to use those programs to your advantage because if you're using something like word It will tell you if something is misspelled or

[S1] Perhaps there's a problem with the grammar.[S1] Use these programs to your advantage.[S1] Now, if you're just going through and proofreading on your own, what I would suggest you

[S1] do is look for one mistake at a time.[S1] Don't try to look for all the problems at once.[S1] So you could start with punctuation.[S1] Read through your writing and own.

[S1] look for punctuation mistakes and then go through it again and only look for spelling mistakes.[S1] Go through it again and only look for word choice and maybe change some of the

[S1] those words.[S1] So what you end up doing is that you proofread your writing multiple times.[S1] And the more you do this, the more you go through it, you're

[S1] likely to find some mistakes, you'll make some changes to make your writing better.[S1] Another tip that I have for you is to get others to look at your writing.[S1] It's always good.

[S1] to have a second set of eyes because people may find spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes that you did not see before.[S1] It's also good to get feed...

[S1] in regard to the content.[S1] But one thing I would tell you is that remember just because somebody gives you feedback about the content, that doesn't mean that you have to accept it.

[S1] You can take it into consideration and then decide whether or not you would like to make the changes because remember It's your writing.[S1] It's your voice.[S1] And then I think it is very

[S1] helpful for you to maintain healthy writing habits.[S1] And there are two things that I think you should be doing a little bit each and every day.[S1] First I think you should

[S1] Read regularly.[S1] This is going to help you distinguish between different writing styles.[S1] You'll get a feel for how someone else's writing is organized.[S1] You'll also be able to see...

[S1] how people use transition words and phrases, as well as varying their sentences and how that makes their writing more engaging.[S1] I also want you to write regularly.[S1] And...

[S1] This is something you can do writing in a journal each and every day, or like I said, you can write to me down below in those comments.[S1] It's going to help you develop and find your...

[S1] voice, you'll also be able to explore different purposes in writing, as well as writing to different audiences.[S1] In addition, you'll be able to practice career...

[S1] correcting your own writing.[S1] Now that you have these useful tips to keep in mind, let's talk about vocabulary because writing is a productive skill.

[S1] which means vocabulary is important.[S1] And I wanna help you write more descriptively when you're telling a story, because often there's going to be dot dot

[S1] and I want to teach you many different reporting verbs that you can use instead of just always using the word said.[S1] So let's

[S1] Let's look at different reporting verbs to help you be more descriptive.[S1] Let's talk about some creative ways that you can say the word said.[S1] So why is this?

[S1] important.[S1] Well first, it allows you to be more descriptive.[S1] It's also going to keep the reader's attention because these words are just more engaging.[S1] They're

[S1] more captivating.[S1] And you will avoid redundancies because you don't want to keep saying he said, she said, we said, they said, you need to mix.

[S1] it up.[S1] So let's begin and say that you would like to persuade someone to do something or think something.[S1] Here are some ver...

[S1] herbs to help make your writing more descriptive.[S1] You could use pleaded.[S1] And this is when you're making an urgent or a...

[S1] emotional request.[S1] Like, don't leave, he pleaded.[S1] This is very similar to the next one, which is begged.[S1] Except I feel...

[S1] like begged is probably a little stronger than pleaded, but once again, this is a strong way to make an urgent request.[S1] I want to

[S1] balloon the child begged.[S1] So in this case it's just more descriptive.[S1] I'm capturing that feeling.[S1] I want a balloon the child begged.[S1] This is some...

[S1] thing that, well yeah, my child told me last week.[S1] You can also use and treat it, which means to try hard to persuade someone to do something.

[S1] Now, this verb, it's probably not as common as these others, however, it's still very useful because it's specific.[S1] And if I want to capture a direct...

[S1] quote I could say, if you help me with the presentation, then I'll work your weekend shift for you.[S1] He entreated.[S1] And then we have the verb implored.[S1] This means to...

[S1] ask someone to do something or not to do something in a very sincere and emotional way.[S1] Think about this situation.

[S1] that a woman gets pulled over by the police for speeding and she's getting ready to get a ticket.[S1] So she says, please don't give me a speeding ticket.[S1] She implies.

[S1] So she's imploring the police officer not to give her a ticket and doing this in a sincere way.[S1] And of course I had to include...

[S1] the picture of that dog because I think this is a good association with these verbs because dogs may plead for things or beg for things or

[S1] implore their owners to do something.[S1] Let's continue with some more verbs if you'd like to persuade someone you could use besieged.

[S1] which means to ask for something in a way that shows you need it very much.[S1] I need this raise, he beseeched his boss.[S1] Now, this is not the most

[S1] common verb in the world, but once again it helps you get that variety.[S1] Same with the next verb, cajole.[S1] This means to persuade someone to do s-

[S1] something that they might not want to do and you're persuading them by just talking pleasantly and nicely like please pretty.

[S1] please say yes, she could hold.[S1] So this is a good reporting verb that I could use if I wanna capture my little girl's direction.

[S1] speech if she wants something and maybe I don't want to give it to her, she might cajole me into giving it to her.[S1] Please, pretty please.[S1] The next two verbs I think...

[S1] are definitely more common.[S1] Insisted.[S1] This means to say something firmly, especially when others either disagree or just oppose.

[S1] what you're saying.[S1] I want to see my client, the lawyer insisted.[S1] So in this context, it makes me think of a situation in which somebody is asked

[S1] more than once and then they start insisting.[S1] The next verb I think is similar but it's a bit stronger, demanding.

[S1] This means to ask for something forcefully and really in a way that you don't expect to be refused.[S1] I want another candy!

[S1] the child demanded.[S1] So again, I can't help but give many examples with children, I have little girl.[S1] So again, these are things that I hear and this helps.

[S1] capture the mood and switch things up a little bit so you can avoid those redundancies.[S1] So if you are wanting to express happiness or excitement, there are some great...

[S1] verbs that you can use, such as gushed.[S1] This means to express a positive feeling, especially praise, but doing so in a way

[S1] that it may not seem sincere.[S1] Perhaps they're doing it a little too much.[S1] So if I'm writing a story and my character is just praising someone.