Patterns of Development

Patterns of Development

Structures writers use to organize their ideas

Patterns of Development

Used to connect your ideas and provide enough details in your writing.

Pattern of Development

Used to arrange ideas to achieve the writers purpose in writing the text

Narration

used to tell a story or focus on a set of events

Narrative Text

any type of writing that relates a series of events and includes fiction and nonfiction

Purpose of Narrative Text

To entertain

Purpose of Narrative Text

To gain a reader's interest

Purpose of Narrative Text

To hold a reader's interest

Elements Of Narrative Text

1. Setting

2. Characters

3. Plot

Setting

time and location

Characters

Significant part of the story

Plot

Planned, logical series of events

Parts of Plot

A. Exposition

B. Rising Action

C. Climax

D. Falling Action

E. Point of View

Exposition

Characters and Settings are revealed

Rising Action

events of the story become more complicated and the conflict is exposed

Climax

highest point of interest and the turning point of the story

Falling Action

events and complications begins to be resolved

Point of View

perspective of the writer

A. Narration

B. Description

C. Definition

D. Exemplification/ Classification

E. Comparison and Contrast

F. Cause and Effect

G. Problem—Solution

H. Persuasion

Patterns of Development Across Disciplines

description

states the details of what something looks like and its characteristics

Kinds of Description

Objective and Subjective Description

Objective Description

describes something without finding the writer's own emotions

Objective Description

used in technical or writing

Subjective Description

conveys feelings and emotions about a person, place, or thing.

Subjective Description

conveying impressions and contains specific details.

Definition

Explains what a term means

Types of Definition

1. formal

2. informal

3. definition paragraph

Exemplification

a writer uses examples to illustrate and further explain an idea

Classification

-Divide a topic into its component parts

• categorize a group of related items or events

Classification

• is sorting

• focuses on similarities

Division

• is breaking into parts

• focuses on differences

Comparison and Contrast

Comparing and Contrasting

is what makes a particular thing to happen

cause

effect

is what the results from a particular situation, activity, or behavior.

Cause and Effect Structure

1. Block

2. Chain

Block

all of the cause are listed first, and all the effects are listed afterwards

Chain

each cause is followed by the effect

Cause and Effect Purpose

help readers understand why something happened or is happening

when you want to show readers how one thing affects something else

Cause and Effect Purpose

Causal Relationship (CAUSAL)

one event caused another event and did not just precede in time

Problem-Solution

consider the problems of a particular situations and give solutions to those problems

Persuasion

to convince someone that your opinion on a subject is the right one

Methods of Persuasion

1. Facts

2. Referring to Authority

3. Examples

4. Predicting the Consequence

5. Answering the Opposition

Facts

a statement of what is

Referring to Authority

an expert who can be relied on to give the unbiased facts and information.

Examples

an example should clearly relate to the argument and should be typical enough to support it.

Predicting The Consequence

Helps readers visualize what will occur if something does or does not happen

Answering The Opposition

Answering possible critics shows you are aware of the opposing opinion and are able to respond to it