Patterns of Development Flashcards
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- refers to particular strategy writers use to develop ideas.
- it is the logical arrangement of ideas in a text.
- presents ideas in logical and consistent structure to manage information in an essay
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Pattern of Development
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- most basic pattern of development
- also used to tell a story or focus on a set of related events.
- 3W (what, when, and where)
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NARRATION
3
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It is the pattern of development which goes into details about a specific object, person, or location
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DESCRIPTION
4
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explains not just what something means or is, but also what something does, what something is used for.
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DEFINITION
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- organizes ideas into categories or divisions based on criteria and standards.
- can be used when classifying people, objects, events, things, places, and other items.
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CLASSIFICATION
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- presents the general statement and then provides specific and concrete examples to expound on the main idea.
- used to provide an example of something.
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EXEMPLIFICATION
7
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organizes ideas based on how events, places, people, things and concepts are similar to or different from one another.
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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
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- explains why something happens or what results a particular event produces.
- organizes details based on the causes, the reason
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
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organizes ideas into problems and proposed solutions.
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PROBLEM-SOLUTION
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- organizes ideas to show how a set of evidence lead to a logical conclusion or argument.
- presents the issue, the position, and the supporting evidence that supports the position.
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PERSUASION
