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Organizational Patterns in Academic Writing How are Organizational Patterns used in Academic Writing? The purpose of academic writing is to present a number of ideas that somehow fit together to make sense. Sometimes the amount of new concepts, new words, and facts can be very large and complex. Professors, textbook authors, and researchers use a framework or plan that helps to communicate their ideas clearly. There are several types of plans, called organizational patterns that can be identified in academic writing, They help the author to organize his or her ideas in a way that makes sense, and hopefully, they help you to understand the ‘material being presented. How to Identify Organizational Patterns Organizational patterns can be identified by what transitions or “signal words” the author uses. Recognizing the type of pattern that academic writing is organized by can help the reader to put all the facts together and understand what the text is all about. The following tables will help you to identify different organizational patterns. Organiza or Signal Words Explains the meaning of new words or | i, refers to, can be defined as, means, consists aoe phrases of, Involves, is aterm that, is called, is characterized by, occurs when, are those that, entails, corresponds to, is iterally Divides a topic nto parts based on | classified as, comprises, is composed of, several shared characteristic, varieties o, different stages of, different groups Classification that, includes, one, first, second, ancther, finally, last Describes the sequence which | fist, second, later, before, nex, a8 soon as, Chronological Order | events occur in time. | after, then finally, meanwhile, folowing, last, | during in, on, uni aoe Describes the order in which things are | frst, second, next, then, folowing, affer hat, done or how things work. ____| ast, finaly Describes ideas in order of priority or | less, more, primary, ned, last, most important, Order of Importance | preference primary, secondary F Syatia Onder Describes physical location or poston | above, below, beside, next to, in ron of, behind, in space. inside, outside, opposite, within, nearby Describes how one or more tings | Causes: because, because of, for, since, stems cause of are related to another from, one cause is, one reason i, leads to, Cause and Etfect causes, creates, yields, produces, due to, breeds, for this reason Effects: consequently, results in, ne result, therefore, thus, as a result, hence Discusses similarities and/or differences among ideas, theories, ‘Similarities: both, also, similarly, ike, ikewise, ‘too, as well as, resembles, correspondingly, in Comparison and concepts objects or persons. the same way, to compare, in comparison, share Contrast Differences: unlike, difers from, in contrast, on ‘the other hand, instead, despite, nevertheless, however in spite of, whereas, as opposed to Organizes Tiss of information: the following, several, for example, for instance, | characteristics, features, pars, or | one, another, also, to, in oer words, ist Usting/Enumeration | categories second, numerals (1, 2,3...) letters (a, b,c...) most important, the largest, the least, ialy Statement and Tndicaes tat information explaining @ | infact, in other wors, clearly, evident, Clarification concept or idea will follow. obviously any Tndicates that @ condensed review of | in summary, in conclusion, in brief, fo an idea or piece of writing is to folow. | summarize, to sum up, in short, on the whole Generalization and | Provides examples tat clarify a broad, | for example, for instance, thats, to ilustrate, Example

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