Patterns of Development

It organizes ideas to show how a set of evidence leads to a logical conclusion or argument.

• Persuasion

• Comparison and contrast

• Description

• Narration

The author's purpose in this pattern of paragraph development is to show similarities and differences.

• Narration

• Definition

• Comparison and contrast

• Problem-solution

It provides specific details about what something looks, smells, tastes, sounds, or feels like.

• Cause and effect

• Definition

• Exemplification

• Description

It is telling a story.

• Narration

• Exemplification

• Classification and division

• Problem-solution

This pattern is used to provide an example of something.

• Cause and effect

• Definition

• Exemplification

• Description

It organizes ideas into categories or divisions based on criteria and standards.

• Narration

• Exemplification

• Classification and division

• Problem-solution

It organizes ideas into problems and proposed solutions.

• Narration

• Definition

• Comparison and contrast

• Problem-solution

It organizes details based on the cause, the reason, and the result or consequences of a certain phenomenon.

• Cause and effect

• Definition

• Exemplification

• Description

It clarifies and explains concepts by answering the question “What does it mean?’

• Narration

• Definition

• Comparison and contrast

• Problem-solution

It is the process of enumerating or giving examples.

• Narration

• Exemplification

• Classification and division

• Problem-solution