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Patterns of Essay Organization

There are four main patterns of essay organization: chronological order, logical division, cause and effect, and comparison and contrast. Chronological order develops an essay based on time sequence. Logical division groups related items and discusses each group. Cause and effect examines reasons and results. Comparison and contrast analyzes similarities and differences between two or more items, either by discussing all similarities first and all differences second (block) or comparing features point-by-point.

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Patterns of Essay Organization

There are four main patterns of essay organization: chronological order, logical division, cause and effect, and comparison and contrast. Chronological order develops an essay based on time sequence. Logical division groups related items and discusses each group. Cause and effect examines reasons and results. Comparison and contrast analyzes similarities and differences between two or more items, either by discussing all similarities first and all differences second (block) or comparing features point-by-point.

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PATTERNS OF ESSAY ORGANIZATION

What do Patterns of Essay Organization mean?


Patterns of Essay Organization can be defined as how the writer develops his/ her ideas in
writing.

What are types The Patterns of Essay Organization?


1. Chronological Order
2. Logical Division
3. Cause and Effect
4. Comparison and contrast

1. Chronological Order
Chronological Order is expanding an essay based on the time sequence.

2. Logical Division
Logical Division is developing the essay based on the group related item according to same
quality they have in common.

How to develop?
Developing an essay by using logical division is by diving the topic into some groups. Then,
discuss the each group one after another.

3. Cause and Effect


A Cause and effect essay is developing the essay discussing the reason for something and
then explaining the result of it.
Types of Cause and Effect

1. Block Organization
Discuss all the causes as a block. Then, discuss all of the effects together as a block. In this
types, there is often a short paragraph separate the “cause” part from the “effect” part
called A Transitional Paragraph.

2. Chain Organization
Discuss a first cause and its effect, the second cause and its effect, and so forth.

4. Comparison and Contrast


Comparison/ contrast involves analyzing the similarities and differences between two or
more items.
Types of comparison and contras
1. Block Organization
Discuss all of the similarities in one block, and all of differences in another block.
2. Point - by – point Organization
Make a sentence-by-sentence comparison of the feature in any order that seems
appropriate for the topic.

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