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• What is the normative concerned with?

  What happens to whom and where
• What is the purpose of a narrative?

  To teach or entertain
• What forms can normative narratives take?

  Incident, autobiography, short story
• What do all narrative discourses involve?

  A series of events toward an end
• What does Point of View refer to?

  The perspective from which the story is told
• What is the first-person point of view?

  Story told from the narrator's perspective
• What is the second-person point of view?

  Story told about "you"
• What is the third-person omniscient point of view?

  The narrator knows everything about characters
• What does the third-person limited point of view focus on?

  One character's perspective
• What is a key feature of effective description?

  Clear and alive with careful details
• What are the five senses used in description?

  See, hear, taste, smell, feel
• What are the three parts of a definition?

  Term, general class, differentiating characteristics
• How can something be defined by characteristics?

  By defining physical characteristics and behaviors
• What does defining by function involve?

  Explaining how something works
• What does defining by analogy involve?

  Comparing it to similar concepts
• How can something be defined by what it is not?

  By explaining what it lacks or excludes
• What does defining by origins involve?

  Explaining the historical background of the term
• How can something be defined by its effects?

  By explaining the impact it produces
• What is exemplification in writing?

  Assembling facts to clarify a concept
• What should be avoided in exemplification?

  Using "for example" unnecessarily
• What does classification involve in writing?

  Breaking down a concept into major parts
• What should categories in classification be based on?

  A single principle
• What is the goal of comparison and contrast writing?

  To find similarities and differences
• What expressions are used for comparisons?

  Like, similar to, the same as
• What should be the focus when comparing and contrasting subjects?

  Important parts rather than trivial parts
• What does cause and effect discourse analyze?

  Causes and their consequences
• What should analysis of cause appeal to?

  Logic and reason
• What is a problem in general?

  An unsatisfactory situation needing a solution
• What does the problem-solution pattern of development address?

  Topics that pose problems and solutions
• What is the purpose of persuasive writing?

  To convince readers to believe or act
• What techniques are used in persuasion?

  Using evidence to create impact
• What does attacking an opposing view do?

  Diminishes the credibility of the opposing idea
• What are the different patterns of development in writing?

  1. Narration
  2. Description
  3. Definition
  4. Exemplification/Classification
  5. Comparison and Contrast
  6. Cause and Effect
  7. Problem-Solution
  8. Persuasion
• What is the first pattern of development mentioned?

  Narration
• What are the 5W's in narration?

  Who, What, When, Where, Why
• What is the aim of narration?

  To teach or entertain
• What does narration involve?

  A series of events
• What is point of view in narration?

  Perspective from which the story is told
• What is first person point of view?

  Narrator tells a story about themselves
• What is second person point of view?

  Narrator tells a story about you