READING: Authors' Writing Pattern

There are many benefits to reading more often. First and foremost, reading more will

broaden your understanding of yourself and other people. It will also introduce you to new

information and ideas. Furthermore, it will improve your overall reading comprehension.

In addition, reading more will improve your vocabulary and increase your reading speed.​

Which writing pattern does this paragraph use?

• Advantage Disadvantage
• Cause Effect
• Problem solution
• Compare contrast

It was just one of those days. First, I woke up an hour late. Then, I realized that my shirt

had a big stain on it. So, I quickly changed and ran out the door. A few minutes later, I

was standing at the bus stop wondering where my bus could be. Suddenly I remembered

that I was supposed to set my clock back an hour last night. That's when I realized I wasn't

late. I was a whole hour early!

Which writing pattern does this paragraph use?

• Descriptive

• Sequential

• Narrative

• Topical

Too much sun can be deadly. First of all, too much sun can dry your skin, which in turn

reduces its elasticity and speeds up the aging process. Second, too much sun can burn

unprotected skin and cause permanent discoloration and damage to the dermis. Most

important, long-term exposure of unprotected skin can result in skin cancer.

Which writing pattern does this paragraph use?

• Chronological

• Sequential

• Topical

• Cause Effect

Instructions for building a birdhouse are an example of which writing pattern?

• Topical

• Sequential

• Exemplification

• Chronological

In 1972, at the age of six, Goran Kropp climbed his first mountain. Fast forward twentythree

years later, he tackled one of the highest mountains in the world, Mount Everest in

1995. By 2002, before his tragic death, he had managed to climbed the Everest twice.

What writing pattern is used in the passage?

• Chronological

• Sequential

• Compare Contrast

• Cause Effect

What type of writing pattern is usually used in a recipe?

• Chronological

• Topical

• Sequential

• Narrative

What is the main function of using pattern of organisation in writing?

• Provide examples of major supporting details

• Develop the topic into a stated main idea sentence

• Present arguments to persuade the reader to their point of view

• Show how ideas are related to one another

The author of the essay shows similarities and differences in the writings of Tobias Wolff

and Alice Walker. What type of organization does this represent?

• Narrative

• Topical

• Compare Contrast

• Cause Effect

Arranging events by using physical location is which pattern?

• Sequential

• Spatial

• Compare Contrast

• Cause Effect

“Similarly" and "on the other hand" are some of the words used to show_________.

• Chronological order

• Topical

• Cause Effect

• Compare Contrast