Patterns of Development in Writing Quiz

Which type of writing pattern includes any type of writing that relates a series of events?

• Definition

• Description

• Exemplification/Classification

• Narration

What type of writing pattern is used to elucidate the nature of people, places, and things?

• Exemplification/Classification

• Definition

• Description

• Narration

Which method of definition provides concise but exact meanings of unfamiliar words and explains special meanings for familiar words?

• Informal Definition

• Formal Definition

• Extended Definition

• Objective Definition

What type of writing pattern is used to explain an idea or point by developing a general statement with one or more examples to support it?

• Definition

• Exemplification/Classification

• Description

• Narration

Which type of writing pattern is used when a writer needs to sort out or arrange subjects into groups or categories based on their common and shared characteristics?

• Narration

• Description

• Exemplification/Classification

• Definition

What are the common transitional expressions in writing effective exemplification paragraphs?

• classified as, one kind, the last group

• another kind, another, final type, the first category

• to illustrate, for example, in short, as an example

• for instance, namely, to specify, to clarify

What are the common transitional expressions in writing effective classification paragraphs?

• for instance, namely, to specify, to clarify

• to illustrate, for example, in short, as an example

• classified as, one kind, the last group

• another kind, another, final type, the first category

What type of writing pattern is used to recall the different writing patterns in paragraph development?

• Definition

• Exemplification/Classification

• Description

• Narration

What type of writing pattern is used to identify the transitional words or phrases used in the different writing patterns?

• Exemplification/Classification

• Definition

• Description

• Narration

What type of writing pattern is used to compare and contrast narration, description, definition, and exemplification/classification by using a 4-circle Venn Diagram?

• Exemplification/Classification

• Narration

• Description

• Definition