LESSON 2 AND 3

• Patterns of Development - logical arrangement of ideas that helps you to follow ideas easily, as well as to recognize and predict ideals to understand a text better.
• Definition - clarifies ideas by answering the question, “what does it mean?”
• Exemplification/Classification - organizes the idea. Provides specific and concrete examples to expound on the main idea.
• Description - a pattern that provides details on the idea, sensory or spatial.
• Chronology/Procedure/Listing - organizes ideas or events chronologically according to time.
• Cause and Effect/Problem-Solution - recognizes the cause and the effect.
• Compare and Contrast - how similar or different two concepts are from one another.
• Persuasion to persuade or to convince. 
• Summarizing - putting main ideas into your own words while including the main point. Normally shorter than the normal text.
• Paraphrasing - putting a passage into your own words, using synonyms.
• Direct Quoting - a short part of text, an exact copy.

  • Used on a text that conveys a powerful message or will show less impact