PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT

NARRATION

• It refers to a sequential telling of a story or recounting of a series of events.

FOR EXAMPLE:

1. News reports

2. Recipes

3. Book reviews

DESCRIPTION

• It is to focus on the superficial attribution, the division and breaking down of parts, and the analysis of a particular topic.

PARTS OF A DESCRIPTION

• Superficial attribution

  • physical attributes, innate values (such as personalities, abilities, and skills), and additional descriptions​

• Division

  • division of topic into smaller parts

• Analysis

  • an in-depth objective commentary about a particular object, event, or even a person​

DEFINITION

• It is the thorough explanation of a term with regard to its being, origin, purpose, and function.

ANATOMY OF DEFINITION

• Term

  • the word that you are about to define

• Genus

  • the classification or the association you make when you hear the word

• Differentia

  • the defining factor that separates the term from the other members of the genus it is classified to

EXEMPLIFICATION

• It is the act of giving specific examples or instances of a particular topic, regardless if one example is higher than the other.

CLASSIFICATION

• It is the act of giving subordinated examples/instances that belong to a hierarchy.

COMPARISON AND CONTRAST

• It is the act of analyzing two subjects by either comparing them, contrasting them, or both.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

• A cause is a reason why something happened, and an effect is the result of the cause.

PROBLEM-SOLUTION

• A common type of academic writing that identifies a specific issue and proposes one or more ways to address it.