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Patterns of DevelopmentAn Overview

+Purpose of Patterns

In order to write about a subject, you need to decide how you want to write about it

Writing with patterns allows you to limit and narrow your approach to a subject

+8 Patterns of Development

Narration

Description

Process Analysis*

Illustration/Exemplification

Definition*

Comparison and Contrast

Division and Classification*

Causal Analysis*

* = patterns we will be studying

+Narration

Relating of events in a climatic sequence “I was seven years old when I first became

aware of the terrible power of guilt.”

+Description

A word picture; capturing with words the essence and flavor of a scene, person, or thing “Never before had Pedro experienced such a

depth of despair and such a sense of isolation.”

+Process Analysis

Gives instructions on how to do something “Do you know the

most effective way to handle a friend turned a debtor? Make the person feel guilty.”

+Illustration/Exemplification

Illustrate = give examples of what you are trying to say “Seneca once said ‘Every guilty person is his

own hangman.’ The truth of this observation can be illustrated by the lives of countless villains.”

+Definition

Defining an abstract or disputed word, term, or phrase “Guilt is the remorse that comes from an

awareness of having done something wrong.”

+Comparison and Contrast

Compare = point out how two things are similar

Contrast = stress how two things are dissimilar “Although the two

words may seem to share some connotations, guilt is not a synonym for blame.”

+Division and Classification

To discover the nature of a subject by a study of its parts and their relationships to the larger whole “The Bible

identifies three kinds of guilt: guilt of the unpardonable sin, redeemable guilt, and guilt of innocence.”

+Causal Analysis

Explanations that show a connection between a situation and its cause or effect

Answers “why did this happen?” or “what will this do?” “Guilt is caused by

the failure of the will.”