patterns

What pattern is used in the first paragraph from Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'?

• Narration

• Description

• Comparison and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

What sequence markers/transition signals are used to show the chronological order of events in the narrative?

• First, Second, Third

• Before, After, During

• At first, Then, Finally

• Initially, Subsequently, Ultimately

What type of description arranges things as they appear in space?

• Sensory Language

• Subjective Description

• Objective Description

• Informal Definition

What is the purpose of a definition rhetorical style?

• To entertain by telling a story

• To inform and explain historical events

• To explain the nature of people, places, and things

• To impress upon the reader the meaning of a term, idea, or concept

What pattern is used in the paragraph about the viola?

• Persuasion

• Classification

• Description

• Narration

What is the goal of a comparison-contrast pattern?

• To discuss a problem and propose one or more solutions

• To explain why a sequence, condition, and phenomenon happens

• To make the reader think or act as the arguer desires

• To show that one concept or idea is superior to the other

What does a cause state in a cause and effect pattern?

• The occurrence of a problem

• Why something happens

• What happens

• How to solve a problem

What is the format of a problem-solution pattern?

• Introduction, problem paragraph(s), solution paragraph(s), and conclusion

• Historical narration, literary narration, sensory language, and narrative arc

• Narration, description, definition, and exemplification

• Objective description, subjective description, operational definitions, and synonyms

What is the purpose of persuasion discourse?

• To persuade the reader to think or act as the arguer desires

• To explain the nature of people, places, and things

• To entertain by telling a story

• To inform and explain historical events

What is the purpose of historical narration?

• To impress upon the reader the meaning of a term, idea, or concept

• To inform and explain historical events

• To amuse or entertain by telling a story

• To recall an event or explain how a process works