Patterns of Paragraph Development

• Definition

  • explains not just what something means or is, but also what something does, what something is used for, what something looks like, etc
• Signal Words for Definition

  1. is defined as
  2. means
  3. as defined
  4. refers to
  5. to define
  6. to illustrate
• Chronological

  • organizes ideas or events according to the time it happened
• Classification & Division

  • uses criteria or standards in organizing ideas into divisions, classes, or categories