Chronological & Classification and Division

• Chronological

  • organizes ideas or events according to the time it happened
  • comes in two forms such as narration and process
• Narration

  • basic pattern of development used to describe how, when, and where an event happened
  • used to tell a story or focus on a set of related events
• Signal Words for Narration

  1. at this/that point
  2. later
  3. yesterday
  4. meanwhile
  5. immediately
  6. tomorrow
  7. as soon as
  8. in the meantime
  9. when
• Process

  • arranges details or information based on steps or stages
• Signal Words for Process

  1. before
  2. first
  3. when
  4. during
  5. then
  6. after
  7. finally
  8. till
  9. prior
  10. next
  11. about
  12. presently
  13. eventually
  14. immediately
• Classification and Division

  • uses criteria or standards in organizing ideas into divisions, classes, or categories
• Signal Words for Classification and Division

  1. another
  2. another kind
  3. classified as
  4. final type
  5. one kind
  6. the first category
  7. the last group
  8. the next part