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• Pattern of development in writing is the logical arrangement of ideas.
• Pattern of development in writing

  • The pattern helps you follow ideas easily and understand a text better.
  • In determining the pattern of development in a text, note the signal words used.
• Definition

  • It is a pattern of development that explains what something is or means.
  • It also explains what something does, is used for, looks like, and more.
  • It answers the question, "What does it mean?”
• Definition could be emphasized by the following:

  ▪ Characteristics or features

  ▪ Function

  ▪ Effect

  ▪ Origin
• In developing a paragraph by definition, you should take

  account of these things:

  ● the term to be defined

  ● the class to which the term belongs

  ● the characteristics that distinguish the term from the

  other members of its class
• Formal Definitions are the type of definitions provided in dictionaries.
• Informal Definitions

  The three common informal definitions are operational definitions,

  synonyms, and connotations.
• Sample text for definition

  
• Exemplification

  • It is a pattern of development that provides an example of something.
  • It presents the general statement or main idea, and it is explained by providing specific examples or a series of detailed illustrations.
• signal words for exemplification

  
• sample text of exemplification

  
• Description

  • It is a pattern of development that goes into details of any object, person, or location.
  • It answers the questions, "What does it look like?” “What are its characteristics?”
  • It uses sensory details and precise words.
  • It presents details in a logical order.
  • It has a clear focus and a sense of purpose.
• Objective Description

  ● It objectively describes the factual and scientific characteristics of

  something.

  ● A writer describes something as it is without any emotional impressions

  or responses attached to it.
• Subjective Description

  A writer describes something or someone based on how they see a

  character or an object or how they want the readers to know a

  character or an object.
• Chronology/Procedure

  • A chronological pattern organizes ideas or events according to time.
  • It has two forms, namely: narration and process.
• Narration sequences events according to the time it occurred or happened.
• Process organizes details according to steps or stages.
• signal words for chronology

  
• Listing

  ● It is a pattern of development that organizes ideas using

  enumeration.

  ● It presents a series of items such as facts, reasons,

  examples, features, or characteristics.

  ● The order of ideas or details is not essential.
• signal words for listing

  
• sample text for listing

  
• Comparison and Contrast is a development pattern that organizes ideas based on how events, places, people, things, and concepts are similar to or different.
• when you compare two things, you tell how they are the same.
• when you contrast two things, you tell how they are different.
• signal words for comparing

  
• signal words for contrasting

  
• Classification

  • It is a pattern of development that divides things into groups, classes, or categories.
  • It organizes ideas into divisions based on criteria or standards.
• signal words for classification

  
• sample text for classification

  
• Cause and Effect

  • is a pattern of development that explains why something happens or what results from a particular event produces.
  • This pattern may discuss a paragraph that gives emphasis on its cause or its effect.
• cause is the reason for something happening
• effect answers the question; what happened
• signal words for cause and effect

  
• sample text for cause and effect
• Problem-Solution is a pattern that focuses on either a problem or a solution in a particular area of situation.
• Persuasion is a pattern of development that convinces readers to

  agree to an argument or claim about a particular topic