Helps you follow ideas easily and understand a text better
Distinguish the major details from minor ones and predict ideas?
Patterns of Development
Name the Kinds of Patterns.
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Narration
Definition
Exemplification
Comparison and Contrast
Problem-Solution
Chronology
Procedure
Cause and Effect
Persuasion
This Kind of Pattern:
The most basic pattern of development
Describes how, when, and where an event or occurrence actually happened
Used to tell a story or focus on a set of related events?
Narration
This Kind of Pattern explains not just what something means or is, but also what something does, what something is used for, what something looks like, etc.
Definition
What graphic organizer does Narration use? if structured?
Plot Diagram, if structured Series of Events Chain
What graphic organizer does Definition use?
Spider Map
Name the two Kinds of Definition.
Scientific Definition
Subjective Definition
This Kind of Definition defines concepts in the most factual way, which is often used in scientific, proper, or real world facts.
Scientific Definition
This Kind of Definition...
Defines the objects in a more personal way.
Usually derived from the author’s own experiences and opinion
Often used by a writer to state something from a point of view of the characters or in relation to the setting
Subjective Definition
This Kind of Pattern...
Divides things into groups, classes, or categories
Organizes ideas into divisions based on criteria or standards
Classification
What graphic organizer does Classification use?
Network Tree
What graphic organizer does exemplification use?
Spider Map
This Kind of Pattern...
Organizes ideas based on how events, places, people, things, and concepts are similar to or different from one another.
Comparison and Contrast
What graphic organizer does Comparison and Contrast use?
Venn Diagram
Name the 2 Types of Comparison and Contrast.
Separately
Side by side
In Comparison and Contrast this involves describing one item first followed by the second item.
Separately
In Comparison and Contrast this involves discussing both items based on each point of comparison
Side by side
This Kind of Pattern focuses on either a problem or solution in a particular area or situation.
Problem-Solution
What graphic organizer does Problem-Solution use?
Problem-Solution Map
This Kind of Pattern...
Organizes ideas or events according to time
Can be in a form of narration or process
Chronology
What graphic organizer does Chronology use?
Timeline
Name the 2 types of Chronology.
Narration
Process
In Chronology they are sequences events in the order in which they occurred in time.
Narration
In Chronology they organize ideas details based on stages or steps.
Process
This Kind of Pattern are steps/sequence.
Procedure
What graphic organizer does Procedure use?
Flow Chart
This Kind of Pattern explains why something happens or what results a particular event produces.
Cause and Effect
What graphic organizer does Cause and Effect use if...
Paragraph emphasizing cause?
Paragraph emphasizing effect?
Paragraph emphasizing cause: Fishbone Map
Paragraph emphasizing effect: Spider Map
This Kind of Pattern convinces readers to agree to an argument or claim about a particular topic.
Persuasion
What graphic organizer does Persuasion use?
Persuasion Map
Identify the Kind of Pattern on these signal word examples:
is defined as
means
to define
as defined
refers to
to illustrate
Definition
Identify the Kind of Pattern on these signal word examples:
another
classified as
one kind
the last group
another kind
final type
the first category
the next part
Classification
Identify the Kind of Pattern on these signal word examples:
after all
for instance
namely
that is
as an example
in other words
put another way
to be specific
consider the following
in particular
specifically
to clarify
for example
in short
stated differently
to illustrate
Exemplification
Identify the Kind of Pattern on these signal word examples:
also
equally
in the same way
similarly
as
in a similar fashion
like
to compare
both
in comparison
likewise
Comparing
Identify the Kind of Pattern on these signal word examples:
although
despite
instead
otherwise
and yet
even so
however
still
as opposed to
even though
nevertheless
the fact remains
but
in contrast
nonetheless
unlike
conversely
in spite of
on the contrary
whereas
counter to
in the meantime
on the other hand
yet
Contrasting
Identify the Kind of Pattern on these signal word examples:
but
the problem
one solution is
first, second
the solution
one way is
nonetheless
one reason for the
Problem-Solution
Identify the Kind of Pattern on these signal word examples:
About
After
Afterwards
In the meantime
Meanwhile
Next
Soon
Then
Yesterday
At this
Before
During
Eventually
Later
Next Week
Till
Today
Until
That point
Finally
First
Immediately
Presently
Prior to
Second
Tomorrow
When
Chronology/Procedure
Identify the Kind of Pattern on these signal word examples:
as
for
in view of (the fact)
owing to (the fact)
because(of the fact)
for the reason that
in as much as
seeing that
being that
in that
one reason
since
due to (the fact that)
Cause
Identify the Kind of Pattern on these signal word examples: