patterns of development in writing across discipline

about writing discipline

1. READING AND WRITING SKILLS

2. PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT IN WRITING ACROSS DISCIPLINE NARRATION DESCRIPTION DEFINITION EXEMPLIFICATION/ CLASSIFICATION COMPARISON AND CONTRAST CAUSE AND EFFECT PROBLEM-SOLUTION ESSAY PERSUASION

3. READ THE SET OF EVENTS AND REWRITE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ON YOUR ANSWER SHEET TO CREATE A COHERENT STORY . F inally, the old lady crossed the street safely and Juan was able to reach school on time. One morning, Juan is in a hurry going to school. Then, he thought of helping the old lady even though he will be late in school. Suddenly, he saw an old lady, carrying a full of basket, crossing the street.

4. NARRATION refers to  the way that a story is told , and so belongs to the level of discourse (although in first-person narration it may be that the narrator also plays a role in the development of the story itself).

5. In developing narration, sequential presentation of events plays an important role. Signal words help to create unified thought and to show the transition of events to the next. This leads us to focus on the use of the action words in the story. The chronological ordering of events helps to show the reader how the story moves.

6. SUBJECT SIGHT HEARING SMELL TASTE TOUCH Ex. Beauty queen Long-legged Beautiful Soft voice Heavenly scent Smooth skin Concert Beachside Adobo

7. SUBJECT SIGHT HEARING SMELL TASTE TOUCH Ex. Beauty queen Long-legged Beautiful Soft voice Heavenly scent Smooth skin Concert Crowded Loud music Stinky Beachside Relaxing view Sounds of waves Fishy smell/ smell like salt salty Rough Adobo Mouth watering sizzling good Delicious Hot

8. DESCRIPTION The use of description plays an important role to elucidate the nature of people, places and things. A series of detailed observation about the subject can help you create a good descriptive paragraph. This involves the use of adjectives and adverbs in the paragraph.

9. Sensory language Kind of words we used to describe how your subject looks, sounds, feels, smells or even tastes.

10. Two types of description Objective description - The writer presents impartial and actual picture of the subject without biases and excluding personal impression of the subject. Subjective description - The writer gives personal impression of what is observed. This is often used in making fiction stories.

11. Tell whether the description is subjective or objective. “ This carpet is my favorite color of red .” “I don’t like folk music .” “This carpet is red .” “Even though I don’t like folk music, many professional folk musicians are objectively skilled players .” “Living in a place that doesn’t have cold winters is better than living in a place that does.”

12. DEFINITION It provides concise but exact meanings of unfamiliar words and explain special meanings for familiar words. They are often used to explain technical words and concepts.

13. TWO METHODS OF DEFINITION INFORMAL DEFINITION It could be denotation or connotation Denotation - the meaning of the word is from the dictionary. Connotation - it is the secondary meaning of the word and not necessarily included in dictionary. Rather it is how a writer understand a word based on their own personal or consensual experiences. FORMAL DEFINITION - It consists of Three principal parts: the species (WORD) + Genus (CLASS)+ Differentiae. The WORD is the name of the object, process, or concept defined. This is usually followed by “is” or “are” and the CLASS or general group to which the object belongs.

14. EXEMPLIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION Exemplification or Illustration is the common and effective pattern to explain an idea or point. In developing this kind or paragraph, the writer develops a general statement –the topic sentence, with one or more examples to support it.

15. Transitional expression For instance Namely To be specify To clarify To illustrate For example In short As an example

16. CLASSIFICATION It is used when a writer needs to sort out or arrange subjects to groups or categories based on their common and shared characteristics.

17. Transitional expression Classified as One kind The last group Another kind Another Final type The first category Are categorized as The next part

18. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST