PATTERNS IN DEVELOPMENT IN WRITING Flashcards
(26 cards)
it tells a story
- states what happened, where, and when
- history articles, character sketches, anecdotes, biographies, autobiographies, travelogues, adventure stories, and short stories.
- uses first person point of view
• They use transitional words that indicate time or sequence.
Narrative
- simply provides information
- uses our senses
- you will use adjective and adverb
Adjective - describes a noun and pronoun
Adverb - describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
Description
TWO TYPES OF DESCRIPTION
Subjective
Objective
- explains a concept, a term, or a subject.
Definition
THREE PARTS OF A DEFINITION
- Term, concept, or subject
- General class
- Characteristics
THREE TYPES OF A DEFINITION
- Synonym
- Intensive definitions
- Extensive definitions
- similar meaning
- Synonym
- it is specific
- also known as one-sentence definition
- Intensive definition
- it is very specific
- paragraph
- Extensive definition
SEVERAL WAYS TO EXPRESS INTENSIVE DEFINITION
• Relative pronoun
• Participle
• Infinitive
- to show or illustrate the characteristics
- use examples to explain an idea
- Exemplification
- sorting or arrangement of subjects based on their common characteristics
- Classification
- showing similarities of subjects
Comparison
- showing differences of subjects
Contrast
__- why something happened
__ - what happens
Cause and effect
PATTERNS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT
Cause to effect
Effect to cause
Consecutive cause and effect
- one cause but many effects
Cause to effect
- one effect but many causes
Effect to cause
- sunod-sunod ang cause and effect
Consecutive cause and effect
__- unsatisfactory situation
__- trouble or difficulties are removed
Problem solution
- straightforward approach
Problem-solution
- in this pattern, the cause of the problem is identified and analyzed before a possible solution is presented.
Problem-cause-solution
• this pattern discusses the process or procedure extensively
Problem-process-solution
- series of actions or steps toward a specific end
Analysis - detailed examination
Process analysis writing