PATTERNS OF PARAGRAPH
DEVELOPMENT
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1. DESCRIPTIVE
2. NARRATIVE
3. DEFINITION
4. PERSUASIVE
5. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
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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
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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.
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