Quarter 4

• What is essential in writing for idea development?

  Organizing ideas logically and clearly
• How can writers achieve effective idea development?

  By using appropriate grammatical signals
• What are grammatical signals in writing?

  Devices like transitional devices and connectors
• What does coherence in writing establish?

  A logical connection between ideas
• What does the pattern of idea development refer to?

  The structure of how ideas are presented
• What are the different patterns of idea development?

  • General to Particular
  • Cause and Effect
  • Claim-Counterclaim
  • Problem-Solution
  • Persuasion
• What does the general to particular pattern involve?

  Starting with a general idea and providing specifics
• What does the cause and effect pattern explain?

  The causes or effects of something
• What is a claim in the claim-counterclaim pattern?

  The writer's stand supported by evidence
• What does the problem-solution pattern identify?

  A problem and presents one or more solutions
• What is the purpose of the persuasion pattern?

  To convince readers to believe or act
• What is an outline in writing?

  A tool for organizing written ideas logically
• What determines the type of outline a writer uses?

  The nature of the topic and writer's purpose
• What are the two types of outlines?

  • Sentence Outline
  • Topic Outline
• What is a sentence outline?

  It presents details in sentence form
• What formatting characters are used in a sentence outline?

  Roman Numerals, Capitalized Letters, Arabic Numerals
• What is a topic outline?

  It presents details in words and phrases
• What are the contents of an outline?

  Thesis statement, major topics, subtopics, supporting details
• What is a thesis statement?

  A one-sentence expression of the main idea
• What do major topics refer to in an outline?

  Major phrases formed from the thesis statement
• What are supporting details in an outline?

  Phrases that clarify or prove the main idea
• What are primary sources?

  Firsthand information from original evidence
• What are secondary sources?

  Secondhand information taken from primary sources
• What does synthesizing mean?

  Pulling together different ideas for new understanding
• What does it mean to summarize?

  To shorten a long text to main points
• What does it mean to paraphrase?

  To rewrite a passage in your own words
• What does it mean to analyze?

  To break a complex topic into smaller parts
• What does it mean to infer?

  To reach a conclusion based on observations
• What is a paragraph?

  A group of sentences discussing a topic
• What are the essential parts of a paragraph?

  Topic sentence, supporting sentences, concluding sentence
• What is the function of a topic sentence?

  It presents the topic of the paragraph
• What do supporting sentences do?

  Elaborate on the topic with details
• What is the role of a concluding sentence?

  Restates the topic after all details
• What are the different patterns of paragraph development?

  • Narration
  • Description
  • Process
  • Exemplification
  • Comparison/Contrast
  • Definition
  • Classification
  • Cause and Effect
• What does the narration pattern do?

  Tells a story in chronological order
• What characterizes the description pattern?

  Using vivid sensory descriptions and adjectives
• What does the process pattern explain?

  How to do something using steps
• What does the exemplification pattern use?

  Series of examples to support the topic
• What does the comparison/contrast pattern examine?

  How subjects are similar or different
• What is the goal of the definition pattern?

  To provide a complete working definition