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• Grammatical Signals


  Writing device that serves to maintain text coherence
• Classifications Of Grammatical Signals

  • General to particular
  • Claim and Counterclaim
  • Cause and effect
  • Problem and Solution
• General to particular


  • Pattern Development that begins in a general idea followed by specific details to support it
  • The details may become more specific as development continues
  • Pattern ends with general statement that summarizes all the details
• Signal words for General to particular

  • For example
  • Namely
  • In Fact
  • Like
  • Such as
  • For Intense
  • In other words
  • That is
  • Needed
• General to particular


  • Every Boy In class like the color blue but some of the boys like other shade of blue
  • The effect of the global warming
  • The impact of global warming causing the earth is extremely serious
  • There are many hazardous effects that will happen on the future if the global warming continues
  • For instance, Melting a polar bear ice caps, leading to increase in sea level and effects of drowning coastlines and slowly submerging continents are some of the specific effects of the global warming
• Claim


  A statement or declaration of belief, state or opinion, It is an arguable idea used to support or prove an argument
• Counterclaim

  The opposite of a claim, it is an idea that opposes the claim
• Claim and Counterclaim


  • Claim: The minimum wage in America needs to be raised to provide Americans a better quality of life
  • Counterclaim: By increasing the minimum wage, Americans will be avoiding attending college, decreasing the quality of life
• Cause and Effect


  A pattern of paragraph development used to show the relationship between ideas, topics etc. Describes how one event influenced a later event or what caused an event to take place
• Signal words for Cause and Effect

  • First
  • Second
  • Third
  • As a result
  • Next
  • Therefore
  • Thus
  • So
  • If then
  • Because
  • Consequent
• Cause


  Why something happens
• Effect


  What happens
• Cause and Effect


  • Because she studied so hard last night, that's why she got a high score in her exam
• Problem and Solution


  Used to present a problem and the possible solutions to that problem
• Problem and Solution


  • Problem: Allyza is so sad because she got a low score
  • Solution: That's why she sought professional guidance from her teachers and she studied hard every night just to get a high score