Methods of Paragraph Development

• Definition - When writing a definition paragraph, we take a thing or an idea and explain what it is. In this type of paragraph development, the topic sentence identifies a term, and suggests the overall context in which it is used.
• Sequence - we are writing to describe a series of events or a process in sort of order.
• Sequence - this order is based on time. In this pattern, the details are presented in the order in which they happened.
• Comparison and Contrast - is used when similarities and differences of two or more actions, ideas, or events are being discussed
• Comparison and Contrast - A paragraph may discuss only similarities, only differences, or both similarity and difference
• Cause and Effect - shows the relationship between two things when one thing makes the other thing happen.
• cause and Effect - Usually, the expressions “if…then” are used in this type of paragraphs
• cause and effect is also called an explanation paragraph because it explains how or why something happens
• Process a series of steps that lead to a desired result.
• Process It explains how to do, create, or understand something. In writing such, we must know the procedures down to the smallest detail.
• process gives direction by telling someone how to do something or gives information about how some process was or is to be completed.
• analogy is an expression of similarity between two unlike things. This type of paragraph development is used to explain something unknown in terms of something known.
• An analogy can help readers understand a complicated subject or view a common experience in a new way.