Methods of Development

This method of development is usually used when describing how to do something, step by step.

• Exemplification

• Narration

• Process Analysis

• Cause & Effect

This method of development is used when an author provides multiple examples to illustrate his point.

• Exemplification

• Narration

• Process Analysis

• Cause & Effect

This method usually compares one concept that's difficult to understand with a concept that is more easily understood.

• Process Analysis

• Definition

• Narration

• Analogy

This method of development is used to clarify meaning, usually of a concept, and tends to bring in background information

• Process Analysis

• Exemplification

• Analogy

• Definition

This method of development is usually told to teach a point and has a sequence of events.

• Definition

• Narrative

• Cause and Effect

• Analogy

Methods of Development typically appear alone. Combinations of methods of development rarely happen in writing.

• True

• False

Uses one detailed or several brief examples, often from personal experience, to illustrate a point, focusing on similar situations.

• Example

• Description

• Analogy

• Classification

Compares two things by using one to explain the other, often to clarify a single point or to structure an entire essay.

• Analogy

• Comparison and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Process

Explains how something is done or occurs, functioning like a "how-to" guide that relies on clear, step-by-step chronology.

• Description

• Process

• Example

• Cause and Effect

Match the description with the correct method of development:

Use to tell an anecdote, memory, event or story

Can be organized a chronologically

Characterized by a beginning, middle and end (we hope)

Gives a face, an experience, a humanity to an argument. It is often used to give insight or offer reflection on the significance of a real-life experience.

• Narrative

• Exemplification/ Description

• Cause & Effect/ Problem Solution

• Compare & Contrast/ Juxtapose