6. CAUSE AND EFFECT 7. PROBLEM AND SOLUTION 8. CLASSIFICATION
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Writing needs direction before your ideas slip away Let these patterns in writing help you if they may
If you tell a story of what happened, narration is the way
Description is when large, sweet, or soft are words you say
If you tell the meaning of a concept, term, or subject
And explain what something is, definition is what you expect Reading and Writing Skills Put items related in categories or groups in any way, Classification is definitely the game you play
Stating the reason and result, that’s cause and effect
You want to convince readers? Persuasion is perfect
When there’s an issue or problem and a solution is made
today Obviously, problem- solution pattern is on display
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If similarities and differences are the ideas, you collect then comparison and contrast pattern is what you reflect
These are the patterns of developing the thoughts in your
head Remember that to achieve a particular purpose in the end, information in a written text may be organized and selected.
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1. It tells why something happens and what happens after. It explains how an incident or action produces results. It is fitting for argumentation, explanation or narration. The writer may begin from the cause, followed by the effect or from the effect, followed by the cause.
2. This presents how a thing, person or a certain subject is similar
or different from another. It is concerned with how alike (compare) or unlike (contrast) someone or something is from someone or something else
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3. It gives the meaning of an idea, concept or word and may specify certain limits of its meaning. This is commonly used in writing scientific research or term papers. 4. This pattern aims to create a picture in the minds of the reader by using adjectives and words that appeal to the senses. Its purpose is to help the readers imagine what the writer saw, heard, smelled, tasted, felt or experienced. 5. This is done by noting relationships among things. Particular items are placed in categories that distinguish them from the other groups of kinds based on certain principles or bases.
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6. It presents logically- arranged events which should also describe what happened and when, where, how and why something occurred. This is usually told with action words. It should appeal to readers’ feelings and understanding. Events are organized according to time or chronology so transitional devices used are usually first, second, next, then, finally and others that denote time.
7. The intention of this pattern is to convince or influence the reader
to do or believe in a certain idea or perception
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8. This pattern identifies an issue or a problem and posts a suggested solution to solve it. It may be compared to cause-and-effect pattern. It is different because it presents a solution to the problem while cause and effect just provides the effects of the problem.
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Which pattern of written text should be used if you will write a paragraph for each topic? 1. Write about the types of classmates you have. 2. Tell us about your happiest day. 3. Give the similarities and differences you have with your closest friend. 4. Identify a problem you experience every Sunday and give a solution for it. 5. Define schema 6. Explain the reason and result of not having good study habits.
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Which pattern of written text should be used if you will write a paragraph for each topic? 7. Make your readers approve of the importance of wearing face mask when going out. 8. State what you saw, heard, tasted, smelled and felt the last time someone cooked at home. 9. Discuss how this school year is the same and how different it is from the previous school year. 10. Write about one common problem of teenagers today and suggest a way to solve it.