RWS 2

• Division and Classification:

  • Break down a concept or topic into its constituent parts
  • Categorize similar ideas together
  • Makes discussion of complex topics more orderly and systematized
• Words to indicate information is grouped into categories: Types, groups, categories, kinds, genres, sections, departments, brands, sorts, species, breeds, models, styles, levels, races, branches, specialties, modes, positions, ways, batches, tiers, degrees, brackets
• Consistency - Divisions should include parallel similarities
• Exclusiveness

  • Items or ideas divided and classified together must not overlap
• Completeness

  • No important part must be omitted from the writing
• Comparison-Contrast:

  • Comparison: detailing similarities of at least two objects
  • Contrast: tackling differences between or among topics
• Comparison words: similarly, likewise, in the same vein, correspondingly, just as, equally, in comparison, like, analogously, in a similar fashion, along the same lines, as with
• Contrast words: however, on the other hand, in contrast, conversely, whereas, unlike, nevertheless, nonetheless, alternatively, instead, on the contrary, in spite of that, yet
• Patterns of comparison for developing a paragraph:

  1. Opposing or Block Pattern:

  • Subject A

  a. First characteristic of A

  b. Second characteristic of A

  c. Third characteristic of A

  • Subject B

  a. First characteristic of B

  b. Second characteristic of B

  c. Third characteristic of B

  
  

  2. Alternating Pattern:

  • First characteristic

  a. Subject A

  b. Subject B

  • Second characteristic

  a. Subject A

  b. Subject B

  • Third characteristic

  a. Subject A

  b. Subject B
• Analogy:

  • Demonstrates comparison and contrast on abstract concepts
  • Makes abstract concepts easier to understand by comparing with a more familiar term