WEEK 2: PATTERNS OF PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

USED TO DESCRIBE PLACES, PEOPE, OBJECTS, EVENTS USING APPROPRIATE DETAILS

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

AN EFFECTIVE DESCRIPTION CONTAINS ELABORATION OF DETAILS TO COMMUNICATE THE MEANING OF THE SUBJECT BEING DESCRIBED

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

APPLIES TO THE 5 SENSES

OBJECTIVE

INFORMATIVE AND FACTUAL

OBJECTIVE

WHEN YOU ONLY DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE

SUBJECTIVE

EXPRESSES THE AUTHOR’S PERSONAL FEELINGS

DESCRIPTION

ACT OF USING WORDS TO CLEARLY ILLUSTRATE OR PORTRAY SOMETHING

DESCRIPTION

FOLLOWS SPACIAL ORDER

SPACIAL ORDER

DESCRIBING THINGS BY WHERE THEY ARE (LEFT, RIGHT, ABOVE, BELOW, NEAR, FAR)

SPACIAL ORDER

AKA “ORDER OF PLACE” OR “SPACE STRUCTURE”

TOPIC SENTENCE

MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE IN A PARAGRAPH

TOPIC SENTENCE

MAIN IDEA OF A PARAGRAPH

TOPIC SENTENCE

TELLS WHAT THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH WILL BE ABOUT

TOPIC SENTENCE

WILL ALWAYS HAVE A TOPIC AND A CONTROLLING IDEA

CONTROLLING IDEA

SHOWS THE DIRECTION THE PARAGRAPH WILL TAKE

CONTROLLING IDEA

TELLS HOW YOU WILL EXPLAIN IT IN THIS PARTICULAR PARAGRAPH

CONTROLLING IDEA

WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT IT

UNITY

UNIT OF COMPOSITION THAT ESTABLISHED ONENESS BECAUSE IT DEVELOPS A CONTROL AND MAIN IDEA ON ITS STRUCTURE

UNITY

MUST BE UNIFIED ON ITS STRUCTURE

UNITY

EVERYTHING FOCUSES ON THE MAIN IDEA

UNITY

ALL SENTENCES SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC

COHERENS

CONSIDERED AS THE CONTINUITY

COHERENS

ARRANGE AND LINK THE SENTENCES BETWEEN THE PARAGRAPH TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE READERS FOLLOW THE THOUGHT

COHERENS

EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE AND FITS TOGETHER LOGICALLY

EMPHASIS

IMPORTANT IDEAS ARE MADE TO STAND OUT

EMPHASIS

HIGHLIGHTS THE MAIN POINT