Pattern of the text

• Paragraph


  A group of sentences that convey an idea. Each sentence works together as part of a unit to create an overall thought or impression. It has three parts: topic sentence, supporting sentences and conclusion.
• Paragraph


  • It is a self-contained unit of discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. It consists of five or more sentences.
• Topic Sentence


  It serves two functions: first, it functions as the thesis of your paragraph; second, it pushes the thesis of your paragraph forward and presents an arguable point. The topic sentence is usually the first or second sentence of a paragraph.
• Supporting Evidence/Analysis


  These are sentences that support the main thesis of the paragraph. It shows examples and other related details to support your main point. You may develop it via examples, facts or opinions, proofs and evidence, observations, and research.
• Concluding Observation


  The concluding observation provides a final and closing idea that leads to the next step in your argument. It also provides the summary that was mentioned in the topic sentence and supporting details. The observation is usually the last or second-to-last sentence in the paragraph.
• Writing pattern or pattern of paragraph development

  A specific strategy or method that a writer uses to develop ideas in a paragraph. They are used to arrange ideas to achieve the writer's purpose in writing the text.
• Pattern of Narration


  • The focus is to narrate or tell a story. It emphasizes what, when, and where something happened. Its purpose comes along with effective sequencing order of events in a chronological order.
• Pattern of Description


  • This pattern gives characteristics or details on what an object, a person or a place looks like. It uses powerful and appropriate adjectives and the five senses (sight, smell, taste, hear, touch) to create a clear image on a reader's mind.
• Types of Description


  • Objective description (used in scientific writing to describe factual and scientific characteristics)
  • Subjective description (used in fiction wherein a writer uses their own perspective or impressions to describe a person, an event or a thing)
• Pattern of Definition


  • The focus is to explain or give a comprehensive understanding of a concept, a term or an idea. To define a term, a writer provides a general definition, then gives clear details to support. You may define a term or a concept by its characteristic, function, example, origin or effect.
• Pattern of Classification


  • This pattern allows you to either divide a topic into its component parts, or to categorize (or classify) a group of related items or events. It divides and organizes ideas or concepts in classes, groups or categories based on criteria and relationships between the items.
• Principle of Classification


  The special significance that one is looking for in the items.
• Pattern of Cause and Effect


  • A cause/effect paragraph is one which shows either the reasons or the results of something. A paragraph giving causes answers the question, "Why does/did this happen?" A paragraph giving effects answers the question, "What are/were the results of this?" Transitional devices are used to signal the cause and effect for the readers.
• Cause


  What makes a particular thing happen.
• Effect


  What results from a particular situation, activity, or behavior.
• Pattern of Comparison and Contrast

  • A compare/contrast paragraph is one which shows either the similarities or the differences between two things. COMPARE: "What do they have in common?" CONTRAST: "How do they differ?"