This document discusses different patterns of paragraph development that writers can use to organize ideas. It identifies four main patterns: 1) Narration and description, which focuses on telling a story or providing details about people, places, or things. 2) Definition, exemplification, and classification, which aims to explain or define concepts. 3) Cause and effect and comparison/contrast, which analyzes how things are similar/different or why things happen. 4) Problem-solution and persuasion, where an issue is presented along with a resolution or argument is made to convince readers. For each pattern, the document provides examples and explanations of how to structure paragraphs using that organizational strategy.

1. PREPARED BY
MELJAY TOMAS

2. 
 WRITING PATTERN OR PATTERN OF
PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT
Refers to a specific strategy or method that a writer
uses to develop ideas in a paragraph.
It suggests a type of support to an idea that one can use
in a type of paragraph.
It also helps a writer how to make sense of the different
pieces of information.
WHAT IS A PATTERN
OF A WRITTEN TEXT

3. 
TOPIC 1- NARRATION
AND DESCRIPTION

4. 
 The focus of this pattern is basically to narrate or tell
the story
 It emphasizes the what, when and where something
happened.
 Its purpose comes along with effective sequencing
order of events in a chronological order .
 Moreover , action words and transitional words
characterized a narrative paragraph.
NARRATION

5. 
 This pattern of development gives characteristics or
details on what an object, a person or a place looks
like.
 When using this pattern , use powerful and
appropriate adjectives and use effectively the five
senses(sight, smell, taste, hear, touch) to create a clear
image on a reder’s mind.
DESCRIPTION

6. 
TWO TYPES OF
DESCRIPTION

7. 
Is used in scientific
writing to describe
factual and scientific
characteristics
OBJECTIVE
DESCRIPTION

8. 
Is used in fiction
wherein a writer uses
his own perspective to
describe a person , an
event or a thing.
SUBJECTIVE
DESCRIPTION

9. 
TOPIC 2-
DEFINITION,EXEMPLIFICATION AND
CLASSIFICATION

10. 
 The focus of this pattern is to explain or give
comprehensive understanding of a concept, a term
or an idea.
 To define a term, a writer provides a general
definition, then gives clear details to support.
 You may define a term or a concept by its
characteristics, function, ezample, origin or effect.
DEFINITION

11. 
TWO TYPES OF
DEFINITION
SCIENTIFIC
DEFINITION
 Is define
concepts in
the most
factual way
SUBJECTIVE
DEFINITION
 On the other
hand, Subjective
definition
defines complex
terms in a
personal way.

12. 
 Exemplification is a pattern of development wherein
a writer uses examples to illustrate and further
explain an idea. By this pattern, examples used
clarify more the general idea in the paragraph.
 On the other hand, Classification divides and
organizes ideas or concepts in classes, groups or
categories based on criteria and relationships
between the items.
 This pattern helps the reader understands even the
complex and vast idea as it will be classified.
EXEMPLIFICATION AND
CLASSIFICATION

13. 
TOPIC 3
CAUSE & EFFECT AND
COMPARISON &
CONTRAST

14. 
 This pattern of development discuss
why something happens and what
results a particular occurrence or
event. They can be discuss together.
However, in a particular paragraph,
one or the other will be emphasized. It
may be a paragraph emphasizing a
cause or a paragraph emphasizing an
effect.
CAUSE & EFFECT

15.  A paragraph emphasizes the cause
begins with an effect; the purpose of
the paragraph is to discuss how that
effect came to be and to show what
cause it.
 on the other hand, in a paragraph that
emphasizes the effects begins with a
particular cause, then explores the
consequences.

16. 
COMPARISON AND
CONTRAST
 Comparing means looking on the
similarities. Contrasting means
looking on the differences. Thus,
Comprison and Contrast, as a pattern,
discuss and organizes ideas based on
how people, events, places and things
are similar or different to one another.

17. 
TWO TYPES OF COMPARISON
&CONTRAST
SEPARATELY
 The writer
describes the
first element
then followed
by the second
element.
SIDE-BY-SIDE
 The writer
discusses both
items based on
each point of
comparison
and contrast.

18. 
TOPIC 4
PROBLEM-SOLUTION
AND PERSUASION

19. 
 In this pattern of development, the writer presents a
problem that needs to be resolved. The paragraph
states a concerning issue or a problem then next is
the solution or what should be done to solve the
issue.
 A paragraph that uses problem-solution has three
main parts; topic sentence introduces the solution to a
problem, body sentence explain the problem and
solution and ending sentence which calls readers to
action.
PROBLEM-SOLUTION

20. 
 In this pattern, the writer
describes an issue his position
in the issue. The writer’s
primary goal is to convince the
readers to agree with the
argument or claim being raised,
based from a particular topic.
PERSUASION

21. 
It states position or
stand about
something
TOPIC SENTENCES

22. 
Explain the
reasons supporting
the position or
stand.
BODY SENTENCES

23. 
Reiterates or
intensifies the
thesis statement.
CLOSING SENTENCES