Patterns of development help organize information in paragraphs or essays by determining structure based on purpose. They can shape outlines or the form a paper takes. Most papers use a combination of methods working together. The key to a good compare-and-contrast text is choosing subjects that interact meaningfully. Development patterns help sort information and different organizational methods are used for comparing, contrasting, describing, illustrating with examples, classifying, analyzing causes, and arguing.

4. Patterns of development help us sort out
information and shape paragraphs or essays.
They can help organize an outline, or
depending on the purpose they can
determine the form that a paper will take.
Remember that most papers use a
combination of methods, working together in
function of each other

5. Determine the purpose and structure of
comparison and contrast in writing.
Explain organizational methods used
when comparing and contrasting.
Understand how to write a
compare-and-contrast text.

6. Compare refers to the method of
distinguishing the likenesses and contrasts
between two things.

7. alludes to identifying as it were the
contrasts between two things.

8. The key to a good text for comparison
and contrast is to choose two or more
subjects which interact in a meaningful
manner.

9. Identify if the sentence is
Comparing or Contrasting .
1. That story resembles one I read a year ago.
2. I eat meat, whereas my parents are vegetarians.
3. I ordered steak; however, I was served chicken.
4. Lea had her hair done in style similar to mine
5. I got an A in English, and I am doing well in other classes, too

10. Development patterns help us sort out paragraphs
or essays and shape the information. They can help
organize a sketch, or they can determine the form
a paper takes depending on the purpose. Note that
most paper would use a variety of approaches,
working together according to each other's
functions

11. Description means to tell what something
is like.
Illustration with examples means that
a generalization is supported by
specific instances

12. Classification means to sort items in order
to group together those with similar
characteristics and to distinguish them
from those with different characteristics.

13. Causal analysis means to find the reasons
that produced a certain result or to identify
the results produced by a certain
phenomenon.
Argumentation means to provide enough
reasons and proof to convince the reader
that a certain opinion is valid.

14. This is an effective pattern to use when one subject is described in
relation to another when the reader can better understand it. If the
reader is familiar with one subject, the writer may compare it with
another subject or contrast it to offer an insight into it.

16. True or False
1. A compare and contrast pattern arrange information according to how two
or more things are similar only from one another.
2. For contrast, you can use these signal words: on the contrary, differs from,
rather than.
3. Although a comparison and contrast essay is set to demonstrate both
similarities as well as differences, sometimes it only shows similarities, and
at other times, only differences.
4. The key to a good compare-and-contrast text is to choose two or more
subjects that connect in a meaningful way.
5. In order to make accurate evaluations about a given topic, you must first
know the critical points of similarity and difference.